Femi Azeez Linked To £20m Premier League Move
femi azeez is being linked with a potential £20m move to a Premier League side when the summer transfer window opens. The 24-year-old winger has turned a £1m switch from Reading into a valuation that could push Millwall toward a club-record sale.
Millwall paid around £1m for him in 2024. Since then, he has scored 11 goals and added seven assists, form that helped drive their run into the Championship play-offs.
Azeez, Millwall and £20m
Reports have linked Azeez with Aston Villa, while Ipswich Town are also thought to be interested. Millwall are expected to demand a club-record fee, and the number now being attached to him is £20m.
That price tag sits on top of a sharp rise in output. He scored 11 Championship goals in 2025/26, one season after joining from Reading, and his production has already moved him into a different bracket than the player Millwall signed from the second tier.
Reading’s sell-on clause
Reading have a reason to watch the summer closely. They are believed to have inserted a sell-on clause into the 2024 deal that sent Azeez to Millwall, so any big sale would send money back to the club where he came through the academy after arriving from non-league football in 2019.
His Reading record still matters to the size of the story. He made 89 appearances for the club, scored 11 goals, and played 46 times in the 2023/24 season under Ruben Selles and then Noel Hunt, including eight League One goals before leaving for Millwall.
Championship route
Millwall’s top-six finish and play-off run helped set the backdrop for the valuation. They reached the Championship play-offs after Azeez’s breakthrough season, then were beaten by Hull City in the semi-final, leaving the winger with a strong statistical case and the club with a summer decision to make.
If a Premier League bidder goes to £20m, Millwall would be looking at a major return on a player they signed for about £1m. Reading, too, could take a cut from the sale, making Azeez one of the more expensive exit stories of the summer before a ball has even been kicked in the new window.
