Napoli are coming out of an exceptional season. The Partenopei notably won Serie A on the 33rd day of the Italian championship after having achieved a real lone horseman from start to finish. A first for 33 years and the last coronation on the national scene dating from the Diego Armando Maradona era. In the Champions League, the Neapolitans also went to the quarter-finals. This success, the southern Italian club owes it to several executive players including its top scorer, Victor Osimhen. A godsend for its president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, who is known to be particularly difficult to maneuver.
Arrived three years ago on the Amalfi Coast from LOSC against a check for 75 million euros, the Nigerian striker needed a short season of adaptation before establishing himself as one of the top scorers in Italy. And it did not go unnoticed by the big European teams. Even though the 24-year-old has always proclaimed his love for the Premier League, Paris Saint-Germain are still keen to lure the solid striker into their nets after having already signed Lucas Hernandez, Milan Skriniar, Marco Asensio, Kang-In Lee and Manuel Ugarte at the beginning of this month of July but also Cher Ndour this Wednesday.
Naples wants 200M, PSG offers 110M
To stand out from the competition, which promises to be particularly tough in this case, the leaders of Paris Saint-Germain have launched major maneuvers by drawing a first offer for Victor Osimhen. Italian media Il Mattino also affirms this Wednesday that the Parisian club has made an offer of 110 million euros to their Neapolitan counterparts. Nevertheless, no one is fooled and the entourage as well as the agent of the Neapolitan striker are well aware of the fact that the Nigerian will not be allowed to leave for this price knowing that Aurelio De Laurentiis is claiming almost double for himself. separate from him, or about 200 million euros.
“Anyway, I think Victor will stay for another year. The only club that could cash in is PSG. If Al-Khelaifi wants to pay around 200 million, we will wait and think…” the Neapolitan president particularly reveled. Victor Osimhen’s agent, Roberto Calenda, therefore hopes that Paris Saint-Germain and Nasser al-Khelaïfi will make an improved offer for his colt even if it does not seem to be on the agenda yet. In any case, PSG could offer a salary of around 12 million euros per season to the former Lille resident, but the latter would not necessarily seek to force his departure from Naples. For its part, the Neapolitan club does not want to hurry and knows that it has the advantage in this story. To be continued…
