AC Milan have identified FC Mydtjylland’s 21-year-old midfielder Raphael Onyedika Nwadike as the ideal replacement for the departed Franck Kessie. According to Gianluca Di Marzio, the only thing keeping the deal for the Nigerian starlet up in the air is the two club’s difference in the player’s price evaluation.Serie A holders have offered the Danish Superliga club around $4 million plus bonuses, but Midtjylland are adamant that they want $10 million for the boy from Imo State.##NAJAVA_MECA_6573519##The Danish club is trying to make a lot of money on the boy that joined their squad three years ago after impressing at Ebedei, Nigerian third-tier club that’s become an affiliate club to the 2019/20 Danish champions.Even if the proposed transfer to Italy doesn’t materialize, you simply have to stop and admire the meteoric rise of this energetic midfielder. After humble beginnings at Ebedei, he moved around 5,500 kilometres north and earned his place in Midtjylland’s first-team setup following a successful loan at second-tier FC Fredericia during the 2020/21 campaign. Upon his return to Midtjylland’s MCH Arena, Onyedika was welcomed with open arms and made into a full-fledged first-teamer. He got his official debut for Midtjylland in July 2021 against Odense and, look at that – just over a year later, the champions of Italy want to sign him.Raphael Onyedika scores his 2nd goal today and gives FCM a two goal lead. Granted it was bad keeping but good action of play. pic.twitter.com/WRLXzdOBW2— Bashir Ali (@BashirOPS) October 31, 2021 The talented midfielder, who has a contract until 2026, said in 2020 that he’d forever be thankful to Midtjylland for giving him a chance in professional football.”I am very proud, and I am also very happy. It was not easy to come to Denmark, where the culture and the weather were different from what I was used to, but luckily hard work paid off. The fact that the club believes in me and my potential means I can focus even more on developing myself both on and off the pitch.”Come on, Milan, don’t be tight. Pay up!
