Racing Genk technical director, Dimitri De Condé has confirmed that the club are eyeing up a summer move for Aston Villa striker Mbwana Samatta as a replacement for Paul Onuachu.
It is looking more and more likely that the in-form Super Eagles star will depart Racing Genk after an excellent season that has seen him score an astonishing 34 goals for club and country in 2020-2021.
The Belgian Cup winners would be forced into selling the prolific striker if they receive a bid in the region of 25 million euros.
Tanzania star Samatta struggled at Aston Villa after transferring from Genk, netting a paltry two goals in 16 games in 2020, before he was loaned out to Fenerbahce for the entirety of this season.
“Onuachu? He’s a top scorer, scoring 30 goals and turning 27,” Condé told reporters.
“If a club puts an amount on the table that we cannot refuse, we will cooperate in a transfer.”
On Onuachu’s possible replacement, he said: “Samatta is certainly on our list. But we are not going to do a typical Genk transfers.”
Danish champions FC Midtjylland are set to profit from the sale of Onuachu as they inserted a sell-on clause into the deal bringing the FC Ebedei product to Genk in 2019.