IK Start midfielder Afeez Aremu is closing in on a transfer to German 2. Bundesliga club St.Pauli.
Aremu, 20, has a contract with the Norwegian top league club which will run out at the end of the season after he joined them in 2018.
The elegant defensive midfielder has helped IK Start bounce back to the top league in Norway this season.
The Nigeria U20 and CHAN international missed the team’s 2-1 win against Valerenga Monday.
“What I can say is that it is natural that there is great interest in a player whose contract will soon run out,” IK Start sports manager Atle Roar Håland told the newspaper Faedrelandsvennen