Femi Azeez is being linked with a summer move worth about £20m after a season that turned the 24-year-old winger into one of the Championship’s most talked-about names. Aston Villa, the Europa League champions, have been mentioned among his admirers, while Ipswich Town are also thought to be interested.
Millwall are expected to demand a club-record fee if they decide to sell the former Reading FC winger, who joined from the Berkshire club in 2024 for a fee believed to be around £1m. Azeez scored 11 goals and added seven assists for Millwall in the Championship, his best return in a single season, as the Lions reached the play-offs before losing to Hull City in the semi-final.
That form has put him on the radar of clubs higher up the pyramid and given Millwall a clear position if talks begin. A £20m move would represent a huge profit on a player who arrived from Reading little more than a year ago, and it would be the sort of sale that changes the shape of a summer window for a club outside the Premier League.
Reading, meanwhile, are watching with interest because they are believed to have inserted a sell-on clause into the deal that took Azeez to Millwall. The exact percentage has never been confirmed, but any big transfer fee would send a cut back to the club where he came through the academy after joining from non-league football in 2019.
Azeez made 89 appearances for Reading and scored 11 goals before moving on. He played 46 times in the 2023/24 season under Ruben Selles and then Noel Hunt, scoring eight League One goals as one of the few bright spots in a difficult campaign. His move to Millwall was the next step in a career that had already been gathering pace, and his 11 Championship goals in 2025/26 have now pushed him into a far bigger market.
The tension for both clubs is straightforward. Millwall can ask for a club-record figure, but the longer Azeez keeps drawing interest from Premier League clubs, the harder it may become to keep him in south London. Reading, for their part, do not control the negotiation but could still benefit if a sale at the right price is completed.
For Azeez, the summer opens with a market that looks very different from the one he entered when he left Reading in 2024. The next move will not just decide where he plays; it will show how far one strong Championship season can carry a winger who was still building his name a year ago.
