Brighton beat West Ham to sign Ghana’s “Next Big Thing” Ibrahim Osman

Ibrahim Osman of FC Nordsjalland (Photo by Lars Ronbog / FrontZoneSport via Getty Images)

Ghana winger Ibrahim Osman has agreed a deal to join English Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion from Danish side FC Nordsjaelland. He will join The Seagulls once the 2023-2024 season concludes.

This is according to The Athletic football correspondent David Ornstein who broke the news to end speculations over the future of one of the brightest football prospects in world football.

The agreed fee to facilitate the transfer is 19.5 million euros which is a million and a half euros more than the reported fee fellow English Premier League side West Ham United was prepared to pay to get the 19 year old. (Click highlighted text to read full story)

Nordsjaelland pressed for more than 18 million euros to green light Osman’s move from the club which led to a halt in negotiations in the January transfer window.

Osman is a Right To Dream Academy product who has impressed in his debut season with Nordsjaelland registering four assists and a goal in 16 league games.

FC Nordsjaelland Ibrahim Osman (Photo by Alex Nicodim/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Ibrahim Osman of FC Nordsjalland (Photo by Jan Christensen / FrontzoneSport via Getty Images)

In the Europa Conference League, Osman has a goal in six appearances predominantly as a left winger.

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