The loan of Noah Okafor from AC Milan to Bundesliga club RB Leipzig has come to an end. According to dpa information, it emerged during the medical check that the striker is not one hundred percent fit and would not be an immediate help. Leipzig, who did not want to comment on the case, therefore withdrew from the signing. Sky had initially reported.
Okafor landed in Leipzig on Monday, but there was no announcement of a deal. The 24-year-old, who injured his calf in mid-December, had already trained with the team in Milan.
Okafor was set to become the second new winter signing after Wolfsburg's Ridle Baku ahead of RB's game at VfB Stuttgart this Wednesday (20:30/Sky) and increase competition in the forward line. RB had agreed a loan with Milan until the end of the season and negotiated a purchase option reportedly worth 25 million euros.
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