RB Leipzig have completed the signing of Eljif Elmas from Serie A champions Napoli. The medical for the transfer will take place in the forthcoming days, and it will be made official once they have been passed by the player.
Napoli will receive €25 million in total for the midfielder, who spent four years with the Azzurri. He played 36 of their 38 games and was a key part of their Scudetto winning run last season. But after not playing this term, he will be moved on to a club where he could have more regular playing time.
Eljif Elmas to sign for RB Leipzig from Napoli
The Macedonian’s transfer has been confirmed by Napoli presidente Aurelio Di Laurentiis as well. “He’s already sold. He’s someone who always wants to play. He hasn’t realized that he belongs in our starting XI, even if he doesn’t play 90 minutes,” De Laurentiis told Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport.
As a result, it is only a matter of time before his arrival is made official by the German side in the January transfer window.
It is likely that Elmas will be replacing Emil Forsberg in the squad, with the iconic Swede leaving Leipzig in January for the New York Red Bulls after guiding them to promotion from the 2.Bundesliga and then winning the DFB Pokal two times in a row.
