The likelihood of Victor Osimhen departing Napoli in the summer transfer window seems to be increasing. Although he continues to shine in Serie A, the 24-year-old attacker has been strongly connected with a departure from the Italian powerhouses for some time.
Osimhen, whose contract expires in 2025, has made 22 appearances for Luciano Spalletti’s team this year and has directly assisted in 24 goals. His outstanding performances have propelled Napoli 18 points ahead of Inter Milan in second place and drawn interest from Chelsea and many other elite European clubs.
Sky Sports Deutschland claims that there have already been several negotiations to bring the Nigerian international to the Blues, along with Manchester City, Manchester United, and Paris Saint-Germain. The document Although having already welcomed Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez to the Etihad Stadium in the summer, the Premier League winners are reportedly interested in Osimhen.
According to Sky Sports, Napoli may seek at least €100 million (£88 million) in exchange for the Nigerian’s signature.
Although Todd Boehly had no problem spending a comparable sum on Mykhailo Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez in January, Chelsea, who are in desperate need of a conventional striker, might be persuaded.
Only Diego Costa and Olivier Giroud have come close to taking Didier Drogba’s spot as the target man for the Blues at Stamford Bridge.
Timo Werner, Pierre-Emerick Aubamyeang, and Kai Havertz have all been used as experiments by Chelsea recently, but none have had a consistent flow of goals.
Osimhen might therefore be the ideal choice to help Chelsea with her issue. Yet Jose Mourinho has given the Napoli talisman some advice in order for him to fulfill his fantasy transfer to the Premier League.
Goal cited the former Blues manager as saying: “While he is on par with Drogba, Didier did not dive.
Victor can change if he wants to. If I had a lot of money and was in a club, I would buy him.” He must, however, alter if he ever moves to England, as in Italy, this kind of behavior is tolerated, but in the Premier League, it would be severely punished.”
Mourinho followed by disclosing what he said to Osimhen the last time they met. He stated: I advised him to quit diving so frequently because he scored a fantastic goal. He’s a great player since he scored a wonderful goal and did the same thing when we met earlier this season. But, he must not dive.