Ahmed Musa: Who Is Leicester City’s Nigerian Transfer Target?

Leicester City is not sitting back on its haunches as it attempts to defend the most unlikely English Premier League title in a generation.
According to the BBC , Claudio Ranieri’s club has agreed a fee with CSKA Moscow for Ahmed Musa, the Nigerian winger, for what will probably turn out to be a “club-record” fee.

Musa, 23, is understood to have turned down a host of offers, many from Premier League clubs including Southampton and West Ham United, in favor of joining Leicester.
CSKA Moscow coach Leonid Slutsky, also the manager of Russia at UEFA Euro 2016, told Russian media on Sunday that Musa would be leaving the club “on Tuesday.” His destination is almost certainly going to be the East Midlands.
So why all the excitement? Possibly because Musa is a player likely to get fans themselves hot under the collar.
The skilful, speedy winger scored 54 times in 168 appearances for CSKA in Russia; last season was his most prolific, with 13 goals in 29 appearances.
While Ranieri has to be wary of changing the structure and atmosphere of a settled side too much, the one thing he really needs to add is depth of quality.
Musa can give him that, as a definite upgrade on Marc Albrighton, the English winger whose position he should compete for and perhaps even usurp. If Ranieri is serious about making progress in the UEFA Champions League and defending the Premier League—and there are no indications he is not, no matter how unlikely it is he will achieve those aims—players like Musa are the ones he needs to add in bulk.