Millwall Set £15m Price for Femi Azeez Amid Brighton Interest

Millwall have drawn a clear line in the sand over Femi Azeez – £15m or nothing.

Brighton, pushing hard from the south coast, have already tested that resolve twice with bids just north of £10m. Both have been turned away. The gap is obvious, and so is the tension as Tuesday’s transfer deadline creeps closer.

Azeez wants the move. The Nigeria international is understood to be keen on swapping south London for the Amex Stadium, a step up from the Championship to a Premier League club that has built its recent reputation on spotting this exact profile of player: young, hungry, productive, and still with room to grow.

Millwall know exactly what they have.

Signed from Reading in 2024 for around £1m, Azeez has turned into one of the Championship’s most dangerous wide players. Eleven goals, eleven assists, 35 league games. End product, not just promise. His inclusion in the PFA Championship Team of the Year underlines how quickly his stock has risen.

That rise has shaped Millwall’s stance. With 24 months left on his contract, they are not under immediate pressure to sell. They are, however, realistic. The club are prepared to let him take what they accept is the “next step” in his career – but only if Brighton, or anyone else, hit their £15m valuation.

His recent absence tells its own story. Azeez has been left out of Millwall’s last three matches, a significant decision for a player so central to their attacking threat last season. It protects an asset. It also hints at a club bracing for life without him.

Brighton are not alone in the chase. Wrexham, ambitious and upwardly mobile in the Championship, are also believed to have shown interest. Yet for Azeez, the picture is sharper: the Premier League is the target, and Brighton are at the front of the queue.

For now, the deal sits in that familiar late-window stand-off. Millwall have their price. Brighton have their ceiling. Azeez waits, one of Brighton’s top targets as the clock ticks towards deadline – and as the market decides just how much a breakout Championship winger is really worth.