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 Occasions has reported that Napoli chief Giovanni Manna is in London holding talks with Chelsea over a mega swap deal. The newspaper says Napoli have supplied £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 move to Stamford Bridge whereas GOAL has claimed that Osimhen ‘desires to return 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 be sure that the Chels have the wage price range 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 will surely welcome the signing of a deadly goal-scorer. Osimhen scored 17 objectives and supplied 4 assists for Napoli final season and suits the requirement of what the Londoners are after.
His output within the field may very well be the distinction between Chelsea ending exterior 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 can 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 think about his everlasting buy, versus a mortgage that was mooted earlier.
If the wishes of each Lukaku and Osimhen align, it might solely be a matter of checking out the funds of the deal earlier than they’ll swap pastures.
