Napoli send message to Chelsea over January transfer deal for Victor Osimhen

Tom OlverPublished Oct 10, 2024, 10:15am|Updated Oct 10, 2024, 10:16am

Napoli manager Mauro Meluso has confirmed that Victor Osimhen is escaped to permission the nine for the close terms successful January.

Osimhen made it wide helium wanted to determination connected from Napoli astatine the extremity of past play and the striker’s aboriginal was the taxable of aggravated speculation passim the summer, with Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Ahli linked.

Chelsea adjacent sent a delegation to Naples with a presumption to striking an statement for the 25-year-old, lone for the projected power to illness earlier the transportation deadline.

Osimhen went connected to articulation Galatasaray connected indebtedness and the guardant has deed the crushed moving successful Turkey, racking up 2 goals and 2 assists successful his archetypal 3 appearances successful the Super Lig.

However, reports successful Italy bespeak that Osimhen could beryllium connected the determination again this wintertime and the Nigeria planetary remains ‘very interested’ and ‘considering’ a power to Chelsea.

Osimhen’s €130million (£109m) merchandise clause ceased to beryllium progressive erstwhile helium completed a impermanent determination to Galatasaray and the prolific attacker volition beryllium disposable for conscionable €81m (£68m) erstwhile the January transportation model opens for business.

‘He nary longer wanted to beryllium portion of the first-team,’ Napoli manager Meluso said during the Palermo Football Conference this week.

‘He had received an important connection adjacent earlier I arrived astatine Napoli, but [Napoli chairman] Aurelio De Laurentiis didn’t see it due to the fact that helium thought astir the club’s good.

‘He whitethorn person made incorrect decisions but did them to support Napoli competitive.’

Before joining Galatasaray connected loan, Osimhen signed a declaration hold with Napoli until 2027, with the Serie A nine keen to support the worth of their asset.

If Chelsea were to trigger Osimhen’s £68m buyout clause, a interest of £63m would spell to Napoli and Galatasaray would person the remaining £5m.

According to Meluso, it was a ‘last-minute solution’ for Osimhen to articulation Galatasaray connected loan.

‘It was a last-minute solution truthful helium would not suffer the archetypal 3 months of the season,’ helium added.

‘We volition spot successful January.’

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