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Brighton have agreed a deal to sign Nigeria winger Femi Azeez from Millwall.
The 25-year-old scored 11 goals and provided eight assists in 37 games last season, earning a place in the PFA Championship team of the year.
Azeez has been pushing for a move to the Premier League, with Millwall rejecting at least three bids from the Seagulls in recent weeks.
His departure would be a club record sale
Millwall had the better of the opening quarter of the game as Thierno Ballo twice headed off target while Zak Sturge had an effort deflected over the bar as Will Lankshear blazed over with Oxford’s only early chance.
The Lions continued to pressurise Oxford – winning nine corners in the first 30 minutes – as the visitors were forced into a number of desperate clearances.
The pressure finally told when
Femi Azeez scored a stunning volley and created two more goals as Millwall beat 10-man Birmingham City to go third in the Championship.
The win ended the Blues’ eight-match unbeaten run in the league, and to make matters worse for manager Chris Davies they had midfielder Jhon Solis sent off for a second yellow card.
Azeez brilliantly volleyed in the opener and then saw his vicious 30-yard free kick rebound
Millwall head coach Alex Neil says fending off interest in attacker Femi Azeez from Ipswich Town shows the strength of their position in the race for promotion to the Premier League.
The Tractor Boys identified the 24-year-old as a key target in the January transfer window but were not able to lure him from The Den.
“I think what [message] it sends to people is the fact that we’re in
Wednesday were transformed from the side who surrendered so meekly in Sunday’s Steel City derby humiliation by Sheffield United at Hillsborough.
Barry Bannan had a left-footed curler saved by Max Crocombe before Millwall’s Kiwi goalkeeper produced a fine fingertip stop to touch away Bailey Cadamarteri’s 20-yard effort.
Yan Valery blazed over when he should have hit the target before Crocombe backpedalled furiously to touch away Bannan’s outrageous shot from just
Thierno Ballo caused havoc down the left for Millwall, with the on-loan winger creating both first-half goals.
His pinpoint cross from the left in the 10th minute was met by 24-year-old Azeez, who headed home at the far post.
Eleven minutes later it was 2-0, as Crama grabbed his first goal for Millwall since joining the Lions from Brentford in January.
It was Ballo again who supplied the cross, pulling
Millwall boss Neil Harris speaking to BBC Radio London:
“It’s 41 minutes [when the players came off] and that’s almost a half-time team talk, but you don’t know how long you’re going to be in there for.
“I had my say after 41 minutes, I was very composed because we knew we were going back out for five minutes – and then at half-time I let them have it properly,
Femi supports Arsenal, while Ife is a Chelsea fan.
The Gunners have had some good news this week with Mikel Arteta extending his contract until 2027, but Femi feels that the length of the deal is a sign that he needs to win some silverware if he is going to stay on.
Arsenal have finished runners-up in the Premier League in each of the past two seasons but the only