Victor Osimhen and Napoli have officially confirmed that the Nigerian striker will depart Serie A at the end of the current season. Osimhen, who won the league and the top scorer award in Italy last season, has garnered interest from top clubs.
With an agreement in place for his departure from Napoli, Osimhen is now set to make a move to the Premier League. Both Chelsea and Arsenal have shown interest in the striker, as they look to enhance their goal-scoring capabilities.
According to reports from Team Talk, Chelsea is currently leading the race to secure Osimhen’s signature in the summer. The Blues are actively working on the transfer behind the scenes and are optimistic about emerging victorious in the competition for his services.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Osimhen is only one of several top strikers who will be available to sign at the end of this transfer window.
If the Nigerian decides to move to Chelsea, it means we can sign Ivan Toney, who might be a better option because of his Premier League experience.
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Ivan Toney, almost 28, 14 non-penalty goals last season, only just back from being banned for breaking gambling regulations, a gambling addict who lied until he knew he was caught, and IMO has ducked responsibility for his actions at every turn. THIS… THIS is the guy who people feel is the right man for us to gamble 100m on?
Declan Rice is the sort of gamble I can get behind, but Ivan Toney? Those are not good odds. For 50, it wouldn’t be such a risk.
If we get this one wrong, we won’t get another chance at filling that number 9 slot with an established PL-ready striker for years.
Cast the first stone if you are sinless…. If not Toney then who?
He also bet against his own team.
Brentford stood behind him yet all I have heard from is saying he wants to leave. That is gratitude for you.
I agree.
I would rather stick with what we have than bring him to the club.
Anything is better than Ivan Toney
I don’t think he’s such a risk tbh (very confident he’d be a success with us), but I don’t think we can afford to pay another 100m (I’m not sure we can pay 50), and it is an excessive fee for a player of his record. If he was going to bring us the title this season, it might be worth it, but we have other issues in the squad (midfield especially), and strong competition, that make the title highly unlikely whether he signed or not imo, so it would probably be wise to hold off and look to make a striker signing in the summer.