John Obi Mikel has revealed he performed a key function in making an attempt to get Victor Osimhen to Chelsea.
The Napoli and Nigeria striker was closely linked to the goal-shy Premier League facet for a lot of the summer season switch window, however ended up becoming a member of Galatasaray on mortgage.
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Given Osimhen’s function in ending Napoli’s 33-year anticipate a league title as Serie A’s prime scorer within the 2022/23 marketing campaign, it appeared reasonably exceptional that he landed within the Turkish Tremendous Lig which is ranked because the tenth greatest in Europe.
However as former Blue Mikel revealed, it wasn’t for the need of making an attempt from both Chelsea or Osimhen.
“I imply, so much occurred, and I feel it’s an open secret that I used to be concerned within the deal,” he stated on his Obi One Podcast.
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“I used to be concerned in making an attempt to guarantee that I get Victor to the membership. Quite a bit occurred, it was very fascinating, as a result of I feel I hear lots of people saying this and saying that about Victor and and the way grasping he’s and stuff like that.
“I simply wish to categorically say it right here that I do know the child since from the very first day he joined the nationwide group, my relationship with him has been very, superb. And since then we’ve saved involved and been buddies.
“I do know what he’s able to, and I simply wish to say that’s completely not true. Victor shouldn’t be a grasping boy. He solely needs to get what he deserves. And that’s not an issue.
“He wasn’t asking for all that bulls*** [£500,000 per-week]. I do know what occurred. I used to be there, within the midst of all the things. So I can inform all people that that’s positively not true.
“He’s not a grasping boy, he simply needs to play soccer and get what he deserves, a participant understanding what he’s price and asking to be paid what he’s price shouldn’t be an issue.”
Osimhen was heavily-linked to each Chelsea and Saudi Professional League facet Al Ahli in the course of the closing days of the switch window, and talkSPORT understands that he rejected the latter strategy.
In the meantime, private phrases are understood to have held issues up for the Blues, one thing Mikel alluded to whereas suggesting that the deal might not be over.
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“We had been very very near getting this deal completed however there have been slight points and issues that we couldn’t recover from the road,” Mikel stated. “After all the medical couldn’t be completed even when the deal bought completed.
“I do know precisely the place we stopped and precisely the place we’re with the deal, if ultimately in January we have now to select it up once more I do know precisely the place we’re and the place we have now to start out from.
“I used to be the man proper in the midst of all the things and there have been a few days the place I didn’t sleep.”
