Earlier on Monday, we covered an article stating that Leo Østigard was waiting to be announced as a new Napoli player.
The Brighton & Hove Albion player has been a target for the Serie A side all summer, and with a deal reportedly agreed between the two clubs, the belief the announcement was around the corner.
However, it’s dragged on a bit, with a report on Monday revealing there were still a few details left to sort out, and the defender was at a hotel.
Well, it appears things have moved forward a bit more, because the Brighton man has now been spotted by CalcioNapoli24 undergoing some medical tests, suggesting the move really is about to be announced.
+++ Napoli, Leo Ostigard è sul campo di Carciato a Dimaro-Folgarida: test medici in palestra per il nuovo difensore azzurro
📸 Ciro De Luca per @CalcioNapoli24 #Ostigard #Napoli pic.twitter.com/DcTM1wIz1T — Manuel Guardasole ✍🏻 (@MGuardasole) July 18, 2022
When that is is up to the two clubs, but this really does show how close it all is.
Østigard never once represented Brighton’s first-team, spending spells on loan in the Championship and most recently Serie A with Genoa, where he caught the eye of Napoli and a few others.
Still, it’s Aurelio De Laurentiis’ club who appear to have won the race, with the Seagulls making a tidy profit on the Norwegian in the process.
