{"id":67400,"date":"2025-06-05T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67400"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:03:52","slug":"ac-milan-west-ham-eye-super-eagles-midfielder-raphael-onyedika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/05\/ac-milan-west-ham-eye-super-eagles-midfielder-raphael-onyedika\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan, West Ham Eye Super Eagles Midfielder Raphael Onyedika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oluwamayowa Fakande<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AC Milan and West Ham United have both shown interest in Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika, currently playing for Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham are seeking a replacement for Tomas Soucek this summer amid Premier League interest in the Czech midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United, recently promoted from the Championship, are reportedly keen on Soucek, whom West Ham value at around \u00a320 million.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the Hammers have opened talks with Club Brugge to sign 24-year-old Onyedika as a direct replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say Onyedika is keen on a move to London, especially as he enters the final two years of his contract with the Belgian club.<\/p>\n<p>Club Brugge risks losing him for a reduced fee if they fail to sell him this summer.<\/p>\n<p>However, West Ham\u2019s pursuit faces competition, with the club also monitoring goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AC Milan see Onyedika as a potential replacement for Tijjani Reijnders, who is close to a \u00a346 million move to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Despite finishing eighth in Serie A last season and missing out on European football, Milan remains a prestigious destination.<\/p>\n<p>Onyedika is currently with the Super Eagles in Moscow ahead of Friday\u2019s international friendly against Russia. Last season, he featured in 34 league matches, scoring once and assisting once for Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>In the UEFA Champions League, he made 11 appearances, contributing one goal and one assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oluwamayowa Fakande &nbsp; AC Milan and West Ham United have both shown interest in Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika, currently playing for Club Brugge. West Ham are seeking a replacement for Tomas Soucek this summer amid Premier League interest in the Czech midfielder. Leeds United, recently promoted from the Championship, are reportedly keen on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":67401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67402,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67400\/revisions\/67402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}