Montpellier admit striker Steve Mounie set for Huddersfield

An £11.4 million ($14.8 million, 12.5 million euros) capture from Montpellier, French striker Mounie struck twice after Joel Ward's 23rd-minute own goal had broken the deadlock

Giant Montpellier striker Steve Mounie is on the verge of completing a transfer to English Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town, the French side announced on Monday. "Steve Mounie has left. He will have a medical before signing in England," said the new Montpellier coach Michel Der Zakarian as the Ligue 1 club began pre-season training. Mounie, a Benin international, is expected to move for 13 million euros ($14.5 million, £11.4 million). He was Montpellier's leading scorer last season in the French top flight with 14 goals, but the club's chief executive Laurent Nicollin said: "Steve's case is an opportunity for him and for us." Huddersfield won promotion via the play-offs to return to the top tier of English football for the first time since 1972.