Chelsea have lengthy been linked with the signing of Victor Osimhen whereas Romelu Lukaku additionally stays eager on becoming a member of Napoli to reunite with former Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte.
The Instances has reported that Napoli chief Giovanni Manna is in London holding talks with Chelsea over a mega swap deal. The newspaper says Napoli have provided £25.6m for Lukaku – which falls in need of Chelsea’s £40m valuation. Napoli need round £90m for Osimhen, so the Blues will nonetheless have to pay a big payment as a part of any swap deal to land the Nigerian.
As per the report, ex-Blues and African legends Didier Drogba and John Obi Mikel are ‘main the efforts’ in convincing the Napoli star to go to Stamford Bridge whereas GOAL has claimed that Osimhen ‘needs to come back to Chelsea’.
Although preliminary talks have been over Osimhen becoming a member of on mortgage, Lukaku’s departure for Naples together with the Pensioners promoting some gamers would make sure that the Chels have the wage finances in addition to money to signal the Nigerian on a everlasting foundation.
Osimhen could lead on Chelsea to a top-four end
Enzo Maresca has the problem of main Chelsea again to the Champions League and the Italian would definitely welcome the signing of a deadly goal-scorer. Osimhen scored 17 targets and supplied 4 assists for Napoli final season and matches the requirement of what the Londoners are after.
His output within the field may very well be the distinction between Chelsea ending outdoors of the highest 4 or securing a Champions League berth come the top of the 2024/25 season.
A doable transfer for him would additionally imply Chelsea’s monetary burden of paying Lukaku a £325,000 weekly wage is alleviated despite the fact that Osimhen could be among the many highest paid gamers on the membership.
It’s for the primary time that Osimhen has been receptive to Chelsea’s curiosity whereas the efforts of two Stamford Bridge heroes may point out that the Premier League giants are additionally prepared to contemplate his everlasting buy, versus a mortgage that was mooted earlier.
If the wishes of each Lukaku and Osimhen align, it will solely be a matter of finding out the funds of the deal earlier than they’ll swap pastures.
