Gent Place Heavy Price Tag on Simon

Gent have placed a hefty 20 million-pound price tag on their Nigeria wonder kid Simon Moses, according to manager Michael Louwagie.

While reacting to stories about Moses leaving the club in the summer, the manager admits a bid around what it cost Everton to price Marouane Fellaini will be good enough to tempt them into selling.

“Initially, I want to scare the clubs that way,” he said.

“But actually that amount is not excessive. The English teams won’t be shocked at that amount.

“Moreover Marouane Fellaini was sold for over twenty million, so, why won’t Moses be worth that amount?”

Simon has taken the league in Belgium by storm getting picked 6 times in the Belgium league team of the week in the ten games he has played since his move from AS Trencin of Slovakia.

Despite only joining the team in January, the 19-year-old has been nominated for the Ebony Shoe Award given to the best player of Africa origin in the Belgium league.

His fine form has not gone unnoticed by Nigeria’s national team selectors, as he was capped twice at senior level in Nigeria’s last two friendly games against Uganda and South Africa.

Also, he is among a list of 35 players who will battle it out for a spot in Nigeria’s 21-man squad for the U-20 World Cup in New Zealand later this year.