Premier League quartet Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United like Elye Wahi and Montpellier have confirmed that the striker can leave for the right price.
Just what that price will be, however, only time will tell.
After an outstanding breakthrough season in France’s Ligue 1, the jet-heeled Elye Wahi has reportedly attracted more than his fair share of admiring glances from across the Channel; FootMercato reporting that Arsenal, Spurs and a Newcastle side who secured Champions League qualification this week had all sent scouts to watch him in the flesh.
Made in Foot say that representatives of Liverpool were also in the stands recently.
Montpellier president Laurent Nicollin has already turned down a £22 million bid from an unnamed Premier League outfit, insisting that a player who shares a lot in common with a young Kylian Mbappe should cost closer to £50 million.
The fee required to take Wahi away from the Stade de la Mosson, however, is likely to fall somewhere in the middle.
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“Our position is very clear,” Nicollin adds, via Made in Foot. “Elye has an exit voucher. If he finds an offer that suits him, he will leave. And if this is not the case, he will stay.
“We know that the priority, in the event of Elye’s departure, is to recruit a centre-forward.”
Brutally quick and boasting the kind of ruthless, dead-eyed composure not always associated with 20-year-old attackers; Wahi has 17 goals and five assists in 28 Ligue 1 starts this season. He even scored four times in a staggering 15 minute spell away at Lyon earlier in the month, only to find himself on the losing side as Alexandre Lacazette repeated the trick.
“How do I react to rumours of leaving for a big club? It’s always flattering to be courted by big clubs,” the France U21 international said recently.
“But I’m still focused on Montpellier. We have games to play in the second half of the season. And we will give everything for the Paillade.”
