Partizan Belgrade have set an incredible €15million asking price for Rangers flop Umar Sadiq amid reported interest from Manchester United, according to the Daily Record.
The gangly Nigerian striker has resurrected his career in Serbia after a torrid time in Glasgow where he is most remembered for an abject performance in the 1-0 Betfred Cup semi-final defeat to Aberdeen in 2018.
Signed for Rangers on loan from Roma, Sadiq joined Partizan Belgrade full-time after an initial loan spell with the Black-Whites.
The striker – who looked like he could hardly kick a ball during his time in Glasgow – has hit an incredible 34 goals in 39 games in the Serbian capital.
It’s led to a spate of reports in his homeland Nigeria suggesting that Sadiq is in talks over a move away but Partizan boss Sava Milosevic is adamant his players are in lockdown.
Even if Sadiq has not yet returned to training.
“No player was allowed to leave Serbia. I met him, his family, wife and little daughter are there, because I did not allow him to go to Italy, I let him go for three days longer,” said Milosevic.
“Sadiq is in Arandjelovac, he is close to Belgrade.”
Talk of Manchester United’s reported interest in the Rangers flop stems from a story in The Sun which claims the Old Trafford club sent scouts to watch the striker.
Sadiq also played against Man U in this season’s Europa League but was powerless to resist as the Red Devils ran out 1-0 winners in Serbia and 3-0 victors in the reverse.
The 6ft4 23-year-old striker has also previously criticised Steven Gerrard’s role in his poor form at the club, suggesting the Gers boss mad him feel “humiliated” after forcing him to train with the youth team [Sunday Post].
