Norwich City are in line for a windfall on Christos Tzolis, with the Greek winger reportedly closing in on a move to Belgian champions Club Brugge.
The Greek winger impressed on loan in the Bundesliga Two last season at Fortuna Dusseldorf, who activated their buy clause of around £3m to sign Tzolis on a permanent basis last month.
But that deal was always with a view of Fortuna making a quick profit on the 22-year-old before the start of the fresh campaign.
Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri is reporting that Tzolis is closing in on a €6.5m move to Club Brugge and is set for a medical on Tuesday. There has been plenty of interest in the winger since the conclusion of the campaign.
🇬🇷 EXCL. Christos Tzolis set to be #Clubbrugge new player !
— Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) July 1, 2024
🔵⚫️ Agreement between Fortuna Düsseldorf & Blauw&Zwart around 6,5M€
knowing Düsseldorf exercised the €5.5M option a few days ago.
🏥 Medical tests to be done on Tuesday. #f95 #mercato #JPL pic.twitter.com/7qdQgn0wO8
Norwich are entitled to 10pc of any transfer fee, meaning they would receive around €650k (£552k) should the deal be finalised.
The clause that Brugge have exploited was timed to last until July 15, with Tzolis supposedly making his desire not to play another season in the German second tier clear after the end of their season.
For Tzolis, the move would see him play Champions League football with Brugge progressing to the group stages after winning the Belgian Pro League last season for the 19th time.
Brugge have beaten Portuguese giants Porto and Sporting Lisbon, as well as a series of Bundesliga clubs, to his signature. The lure of Champions League football being the deciding factor on his decision to move to Belgium.
Providing it gets completed, Norwich are set for a potential reunion with Tzolis in pre-season as they face Brugge as part of a trip to Belgium later this month to ramp up their preparations for the new Championship campaign that begins at Oxford United on August 10.
Tzolis netted 24 goals in 35 games during his loan spell at Fortuna, recording 10 assists as they just missed out on promotion to the Bundesliga after a promotion play-off defeat to VfL Bochum.
Norwich made a loss on Tzolis after signing him from PAOK for an initial £9m as part of their Premier League recruitment drive in 2021. He made just 30 appearances for the club, scoring on three occasions.
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