• Forward has €10m release clause• Samatta would be first Tanzanian to play in Premier LeagueMbwana Samatta could be set to become the first Tanzanian player to move to the
Premier League, with Brighton, Crystal Palace and Norwich all interested in signing the striker from the Belgian champions, Genk, during the January transfer window.
Samatta, who scored in Genk’s
Champions League defeat by
Liverpool in November, has a €10m release clause in his contract which expires at the end of next season with all three English clubs understood to have been closely monitoring his progress this season. Having moved to
Belgium from TP Mazembe in 2016, the 27-year-old finished as top scorer in Belgium last season and became the first east African to win the coveted Soulier d’ébène award for the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League.