Napoli, first offer for Osimhen arrives: Manchester United puts a killer trade on the table
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“Victor is a catchphrase always and not only in the market. He has a clause, he is desirable and we are working to look for a solution as quickly as possible so as not to repeat what happened last summer.” This is how Napoli’s ds Giovanni Manna had expressed himself yesterday on Victor Osimhen to the microphones of Sky Sport.
The Nigerian striker just last September moved – with the market closed in most European countries – to Galatasaray on loan. Thus ended a soap opera that lasted the whole summer that conditioned Napoli’s summer market in no small way, with De Laurentiis deciding – under pressure from Conte and after the defeat in Verona – to invest despite the lack of income from Osimhen’s farewell.
In the summer, however, the situation will come back into focus again. The center forward’s loan in Istanbul will end and Osi will return to Naples, but only in passing. Just like last summer, he considers his cycle in Naples to be over in this one and has the Premier League, the center forward’s highest aspiration, as his goal.
Even Galatasaray considers it an intermediate step, although it has spoken words of praise to the fans and the club as recently as a few days ago.
Napoli, non solo lo United su Osimhen: c’è anche un altro club
The shortage of center-forwards around the world and the need to always have one at a high level is prompting several top clubs in the Old Continent to inquire about Osimhen’s condition and will. And of course, it is the clubs from across the Channel-the only ones actually able to afford the Nigerian footballer-who have taken the first steps toward the athlete and Napoli itself.
Napoli, non solo lo United su Osimhen: c’è anche un altro club (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
Arsenal has always had an atavistic deficiency in its roster: it lacks a heavyweight bomber and this season, after the injuries to Gabriel Jesus and Havertz-the latter being used as a false nueve after the Brazilian’s injury-Arteta is making a virtue of necessity.
Looking ahead to next season, however, also to compete at a high level in both the Premier and Europe, the Gunners are ready to invest much of the market budget on a center forward. And talks with Osimhen have lasted at least since last summer, with the London club among the first to put the former Napoli number 9 in their sights.
Osimhen, ecco l’offerta dello United
There is not only Arsenal, however. On Osimhen has swooped the usual Manchester United, needless to say. The Red Devils are going through a season of deepest crisis, even in 14th position in the Premier League, closer to the relegation zone than to the positions that give Europe.
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Amorim’s impact has not been exciting and so in the summer there will proceed with a new revolution, yet another. The coach is not enthusiastic about his forward pack, primarily Hojlund, who will be sacrificed on the altar of the market. Manchester will obviously not be able to give up everyone, but the most functional players for the project will be sacrificed.
And so goodbye to the Danish bomber moreover paid in the summer of 2023 as much as 70 million euros plus 10 million in bonuses with a contract signed until June 2028. Five goals in eight matches in Europe and just two in 22 appearances in the Premier League, this is his score that shows how discontinuous he is in performances.
Amorim was not convinced, and so was Manchester United’s move: to offer Napoli the 2003-class player’s tag in addition to a 40-million-euro match for Osimhen. What will the Neapolitan club respond? Recall that up to two weeks ago Manna tried to buy Garnacho – without luck – from United itself, and who knows, he might not raise it again by asking for the Argentine’s own card. What is certain is that a truly fiery summer lies ahead.
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