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Manchester United have been linked with a sensational transfer for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
Ekrem Konur (ESPN) contends United are one among various golf equipment throughout Europe believed to have an interest within the 25-year-old, together with Chelsea and Actual Madrid. The reporter reveals Osimhen is “prepared to depart” Naples this summer time as he plots his subsequent transfer.
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Victor Osimhen is able to go away Napoli this summer time. with Chelsea, Manchester United and Actual Madrid all linked with the 25-year-old Nigeria participant. pic.twitter.com/uTkPqMKYVh— Ekrem KONUR (@Ekremkonur) January 24, 2024
Napoli have suffered a downturn in kind this season after the emotional excessive of their first Serie A win in thirty-three years final season.
Underneath Luciano Spalletti, Gli Azzurri established themselves as top-of-the-line, and handiest, groups in Europe. They completed sixteen factors away from second-place Lazio within the league, solely dropping 4 video games all season.
Osimhen was basic to this success. Thirty-one targets and 4 assists in thirty-nine appearances in all competitions made the Nigerian some of the lethal strikers in Europe.
Spalletti would depart on the finish of the season, nonetheless, to tackle the Italian nationwide group position. His alternative – Rudi Garcia – didn’t gel properly along with his new group, resulting in a dramatic reversal in Napoli’s fortunes this yr.
Garcia was sacked after simply sixteen video games and changed by Walter Mazzarri in November.
Napoli haven’t fared significantly better with the managerial change, nonetheless. They languish in ninth in Serie A, twenty-one factors behind leaders Juventus. Mazzarri additionally noticed his facet depart the Coppa Italia within the round-of-sixteen, courtesy of an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Frosinone.
Naturally, Osimhen’s kind has mirrored his group’s.
Eight targets and two assists in eighteen matches is an affordable return given the circumstances, however a good distance from the heights of final season. It might nonetheless make the striker the highest scorer at Outdated Trafford, nonetheless.
United are believed to be concentrating on a “top-class striker” this summer time as a part of the INEOS’ sporting group’s plans to overtake Erik ten Hag’s squad. Solely Crystal Palace, Sheffield United and Burnley have scored fewer targets than United within the Premier League this season.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reported to need a new centre-forward at Harry Kane’s stage to buttress this misfiring ahead line. Whereas this won’t be attainable, as Kane exists in a category of his personal, Osimhen might represent the following smartest thing who will probably be obtainable in the summertime.
The 25-year-old not too long ago revealed he has “already made up my thoughts” over his subsequent transfer this summer time. He’s additionally believed to have a long-standing curiosity within the Premier League.
Sadly, he has referenced Didier Drogba as a hero of his with Chelsea reported to be on the entrance of the queue for his providers. Equally, Outdated Trafford officers need their new centre-forward to have the ability to play with Rasmus Hojlund, quite than as an alternative of. As such, a standard quantity 9 within the mould of Osimhen might not match this mould.
The Peoples Particular person wouldn’t put an excessive amount of religion on this hyperlink, regardless of how thrilling a transfer it might be.
