The 25 year old Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen transfer rumor to Chelsea from Serie A giants, Napoli. It is one of the most talked about. With just a day and some hours left for the summer transfer window to close. The excitement and curiosity of football fans is at its peak as some crucial and important transfer rumors could become a reality. The Blues based in Stanford Bridge, being the most active club in this year’s summer transfer window, are likely to involve themselves into more of transfers as the end of this window approaches real quick.
Victor Osimhen’s Importance to Chelsea
The Nigerian striker has been the best player in the Serie A over the last two seasons where he scored a stunning 32 goals and 5 assists in 39 appearances in 2022/23 season. With 17 goals and 4 assists in 32 appearances in 2023/24 at Napoli across all competitions as per Transfermrkt as he also suffered through constant injuries. He has continued to impress in the Nigeria national team where he helped the team reach the finals of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations. The Nigerian team fell short of a goal to hosts Ivory Coast ending as runners-up.
With Romelu Lukaku already about to finalize his transfer to Napoli. Chelsea need a full strength formidable attack and their best thoughts for the same is none but Victor Osimhen. Considering the fact that Maresca’s focus is not only the Premier League. The UEFA Conference League 2024-25 that would promote them to next year’s Europa League is even more important and they will look forward to sign the striker as soon as possible.
Italian sports journalist, Fabrizio Romano, today updated on Victor Osimhen’s potential move to Stanford on the platform X. He mentioned that the club is in talks with Osimhen and Napoli to finalize the deal as they are ready to offer loan with an obligation to buy.
A tough competition to the Blues offer is that of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli with a €25/30m salary net per year until 2028. Al-Ahli are looking to steal Victor Osimhen from the hands of Chelsea as they wish to add the superstar to the team. With other legends like Roberto Firmino, Riyad Mahrez and Edouard Mendy, Al-Ahli is also willing to add him to the squad.
Chelsea’s 2024/25 Stanford Master Plan
Chelsea got a change in their managerial side with Enzo Maresca replacing Mauricio Pochettino. The new strategy was to get some fresh legs as the club got themselves busy in the summer transfer window this year. The club signed Joao Felix, Marc Guiu, Pedro Neto, Renato Veiga, Filip Jørgensen and many others and are now eyeing Victor Osimhen.
Maresca will surely try to make one of the best combinations with the set of players. His current aim is to be in the top six of the Premier League table as soon as possible. Maresca focus is not just on the domestic and European trophies but also on the next year’s FIFA Club World Cup to be held in the United States with 32 teams from 6 confederations. Maresca, with all of this in mind, is surely looking forward to a great ending to the summer transfer window of this year.
All eyes are now on how Chelsea seals the deal. And forms its team with some important fixtures until the November international break. The Blues will have Conference League matches. Premier League matches against Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool with Carabao Cup running concurrently.
UPDATE : At the end of summer transfer window, Victor Osimhen could not make it to Chelsea. The deal as per Fabrizio Romano is collapsed. Victor Osimhen, if he do not get any offer from Saudi Club, he will play directly in January. Relationship between Napoli and Osimhen is completely broken as of now.
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