Chelsea thrashed Wolverhampton Wanderers 6-2 on the Molineux however regardless of flexing their offensive muscle in East Midlands, they need to herald a striker earlier than the top of the switch window.
Victor Osimhen has lengthy been their goal however a swoop for the Napoli star has not materialised because the Blues had been busy closing out offers for Joao Felix and Pedro Neto during the last couple of weeks.
Plenty of gross sales have additionally been made with essentially the most noteworthy one being that of Conor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid whereas on a associated notice, Romelu Lukaku can be closing in on a change to Napoli.
The Night Commonplace has reported that Chelsea have ‘revived talks’ over a deal for Osimhen as they make a last-ditch try and signal him and ‘hope to persuade’ the Nigerian to affix them earlier than Deadline Day.
The striker’s choice is to affix Paris Saint-Germain whereas he has turned down the possibility to maneuver to Saudi Arabia as he believes there may be some extra unfinished enterprise for him in Europe.
Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio claims that Chelsea at the moment are set to desk their opening provide to Napoli for Osimhen as they give the impression of being to get a final ditch deal over the road.
Chelsea is Osimhen’s solely choice this summer season
PSG have backed out of the working for Osimhen as they’re proud of Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani, whereas additionally being unprepared to satisfy his asking worth – now reportedly round £85m.
The participant just isn’t eager on a swoop to the Center East and Arsenal, one other certainly one of his contenders, don’t appear to be within the equation for his providers within the last days of the summer season.
With that mentioned, the 25-year-old’s most practical probability of getting a future outdoors Naples is to signal for Chelsea. Osimhen has already been frozen out of Antonio Conte’s squad after making it clear he needs to go away this summer season.
And with Lukaku set to reach, Conte is unlikely to budge and can make the Belgian worldwide his major offensive choice for the 2024/25 season as he hopes to copy their success from Inter Milan.
It seems to be like Chelsea at the moment are making a late play to attempt to signal Osimhen and he’d be a significant coup if they might get a deal achieved earlier than Friday night time’s deadline.
