There is speculation that Villarreal is one of several clubs interested in AS Trenčín's 19-year-old winger, Sani Suleiman. Tottenham Hotspur, Eintracht Frankfurt, Anderlecht, and Sevilla are also monitoring the player. The Slovakian club is asking for approximately €6 million. Further speculation links the Nigerian to NEC Nijmegen, Brentford, Chelsea FC, and AC Milan. The general manager of AS Trenčín, Róbert Rybníček, stated in late December that a departure for Suleiman in the winter was highly probable, stating the likelihood was 90 percent, and it is expected the transfer will happen in the current window.