Victor Osimhen responds to Chelsea transfer link ahead of January window

Victor Osimhen has ruled retired a imaginable determination to Chelsea successful the January transportation model and has vowed to enactment astatine Galatasaray until the extremity of the season.

Chelsea held precocious talks with Napoli implicit a woody for the Nigeria planetary successful the closing stages of the summertime model but failed to scope an statement with some the nine and the player.

Osimhen ended up joining Galatasaray connected indebtedness for the play and has scored six goals successful 8 games for the Turkish club.

It’s understood that Osimhen inserted a interruption clause arsenic portion of his statement with Galatasaray which would let him to articulation respective apical European clubs successful the January window. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are among the teams capable to trigger the clause.

However, Osimhen has present made it wide that helium intends to spot retired the play with Galatasaray, who are presently 3 points wide astatine the apical of the Turkish Super Lig and are 3rd successful the Europa League array aft a 3-2 triumph astatine location to Tottenham connected Thursday evening.

‘I’m present arsenic a Galatasaray player, I’m blessed here,’ Osimhen said aft scoring 2 first-half goals successful the triumph implicit Spurs.

‘Since I came the Galatasaray fans, the club, I saw however large a household this nine is. The mode they person treated maine and my household successful a fantastic manner. It’s important to beryllium capable to springiness them my each connected the pitch.

‘I’ve seen a batch of the speculation linking maine retired of the nine successful January, I tin authorities done maine present I’m going to beryllium present until the extremity of the season.

‘And past I don’t cognize what Galatasaray and Napoli are negotiating but of course, if they travel to maine to talk astir 1 oregon 2 things regarding this nine I would see it, of course.

‘But present I’m here, I’m focused connected this team, I’m focused connected the nonsubjective the nine has acceptable and I privation to springiness my each and marque definite that we triumph the league and if we tin spell further successful the Europa League we tin triumph it besides due to the fact that we person a bully squad.

‘So acold I’m enjoying my enactment successful Istanbul, it’s an astonishing nine I’m in. I’ll beryllium there, for maine it’s important I’m enjoying my shot close now, I’m doing a batch for myself and my household and, of course, for this club. I’m blessed to beryllium here.’

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