Former Arsenal defender William Gallas has expressed his belief that Arsenal should target Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen during the January transfer window. Osimhen, known for his impressive goal-scoring ability, is currently on loan at Galatasaray, where he has been instrumental in their push for the Turkish league title. While Napoli had initially shown interest in selling him last summer, Arsenal reportedly focused on pursuing Benjamin Sesko, who ultimately declined their offer. This led to Osimhen’s loan move to Galatasaray, where his performances have continued to capture attention across Europe.
In an interview with Goal.com, Gallas highlighted why he believes Osimhen could be a crucial addition to Arsenal’s attacking lineup. Gallas emphasised that although world-class strikers are typically challenging to acquire in January, Osimhen’s skill set is what Arsenal needs, particularly given his physicality and dynamic presence in front of goal. According to Gallas, “If I could sign one player for Arsenal in January, it would be a world-class striker… I wanted to speak about Osimhen because I know he’s at Galatasaray, and I still don’t understand why he’s there. That’s the type of profile Arsenal need. They need a player with that pedigree.”
Gallas went on to compare Osimhen’s impact on defenders to that of Didier Drogba, the legendary Chelsea forward, noting that even if Osimhen doesn’t score prolifically, his physical style of play and relentless pressure on defenders would create scoring opportunities for others around him. Gallas added, “Maybe he won’t score 20 goals in the season, but he will scare defenders, he will give them a hard time, and that will give the opportunity for players around him to score goals.”
Osimhen’s strengths lie in his pace, aerial ability, and pressing, traits that align well with the high-intensity style Arsenal has developed under Mikel Arteta. Adding him could give Arsenal a powerful option up front, providing both depth and a new dimension to their attacking strategy. Whether or not Arsenal can secure a striker of Osimhen’s calibre in the winter transfer window remains to be seen, but Gallas’s comments reflect a broader sentiment among fans and analysts that the Gunners could benefit from an additional attacking threat.
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Dumb gallas
Who brought this article up anyway
Totally, 100% behind William Gallas. Arsenal needs Osihmen. He’s a stand out best striker in the market today.
TEA’s comment above is a desperate cry for someone to have tea with, not a striker for Arsenal.
He is the stand out striker in the market today but he is on loan in the Turkish league.
Why aren’t any top clubs tripping / falling over themselves to sign him?
It makes zero absolute sense.
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it makes sense to the top clubs though, even ‘splash the cash’ Chelsea didn’t go there when in even greater need of a striker than Arsenal
there is clearly something about Osimhen that unsettles top clubs, and Arsenal should not panic ourselves in to finding out the hard way
Gallas is spot on. Arsenal need a striker like Osimhen in the PL, to strengthen their attack.
Why is this guy on loan in the Turkish league in the firsts place? The over the top hype around him should translate to him being sought after by all the Top clubs.
But everyone just seems to not want to get anywhere near him. And I heard that he was also demnading about £400,000 a week in wages. Lol
should be “sought after by all the top clubs”…but isn’t, there is a reason for that, and Arsenal should be wary too before handing out 5 year contracts
and i think the ‘5 year contract’ bit is what too many fans overlook, too focused on the next game panic ignoring we are stuck with player for 5 years – think Man U who can not move forward as too many dud players on long contracts with high wages
why is he on loan in Turkey indeed!
Many top clubs would probably like Osimhen but the costs in the current climate would be prohibitive. His transfer fee would huge and added to that would be a very high salary.
As others have said, there does seem to be something about/around Osimhen.
When he was at Napoli he was apparently on a very large net wage because of certain tax “advantages” – I never saw them spelt out, but it’s Italy after all – which he wouldn’t get elsewhere, hence his reported demands for a huge wage (£400k a week is often mentioned) at another club.
I wouldn’t think there’s any chance of Arsenal paying that. One £400k a week financial disaster (our old friend, Ozil) is very probably enough for Arsenal.
Osimhen apparently refused to lower his wage demands sufficiently for Chelsea and Napoli had a high release clause – about £113m Also not maintaining his impressive scoring record, injury and AFCON lessened his appeal from what I have read
all reasons for Arsenal to not go there
I don’t any notice of the click-bait of Osimhen to Arsenal, it’s not happening
On the subject of AFCOM Sue, I watched him during the entirety of two matches and I have to say I was completely underwhelmed by his performances.
Grandad,
If you were underwhelmed then yours is an opinion I value so that’s that!
Judging Osimhen on two games at the AFCON is insufficient. I wonder if you have seen Salah and V. Junior in some of the international games they have played for their respective national teams. They have often been contained and have been nowhere near as decisive as when they have played for their clubs. In fact, one would say they have been underwhelming.