Victor Osimhen in Juventus’ crosshairs to replace Vlahovic. Let’s delve into this deal and the chances of it going through
Osimhen-Juve, scoppia la bomba: ok, ma a tutti sfugge un dettaglio (Foto: LaPresse/Ansa) – serieanews.com
We already talked about it yesterday, but today the bombshell exploded: Juventus wants Victor Osimhen and Cristiano Giuntoli is ready for anything to bring him to Turin.
The Nigerian striker’s situation has been known for some time: a summer spent as a separated at home with Napoli, an “emergency” contract renewal so as not to lose him at zero, and a farewell that seems now written. The problem? The clause.
For months there was talk of the famous 130 million euro rescission clause, a figure that scared even Arab clubs away, leaving Osimhen still at Napoli. Then, after this summer’s chaos, came the strategic move: the new renewal with a lowering of the clause to 75 million, but only for foreign teams. A detail that is far from irrelevant, because it means that in Serie A Napoli can make the price it wants.
And here comes the key point that perhaps many are underestimating and that we already went into in depth yesterday, before the bombshell fully exploded. If for a foreign team Osimhen costs 75 million, for Juventus the matter changes completely.
We are not facing a new “Higuain case,” where the Bianconeri had simply paid the 90 million clause and Napoli could not object. Here, on the other hand, it is De Laurentiis who decides, and knowing the Azzurri president, to think that he could sell his best striker to his bitterest rival is a risky assumption, to say the least.
C’è una sola possibilità per vedere Osimhen alla Juventus
Then there is another aspect that threatens to make this negotiation almost impossible: the reaction of Napoli fans. After seeing Higuain don the Juve jersey, another such move would be experienced as a genuine betrayal.
C’è una sola possibilità per vedere Osimhen alla Juventus (LaPresse) – serieanews.com
But while in 2016 the blame was placed entirely on Pipita, this time the target would be De Laurentiis directly.
Selling Osimhen to Juve would mean giving fans yet another reason to contest him, especially after the chaos unleashed by Kvaratskhelia and Garnacho’s departure and with Antonio Conte trying to rebuild a winning identity amidst a thousand difficulties.
The idea of strengthening a direct competitor is not only a matter of prestige, but also a matter of strategy: selling the Nigerian abroad would mean monetizing without doing any direct rival a favor.
So, the question is, can Juve really buy Osimhen? Theoretically, yes, but on one condition: it must submit an offer that is much more advantageous than any other.
To be clear, if an English club puts up the 75 million clause, Juve would have to pull out perhaps more than 100 million to hope to convince De Laurentiis. In short, the Osimhen dream exists, but the road is all uphill.
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