This is one of the hot topics of this summer transfer window. After a completely crazy 2022/2023 season with Napoli, Victor Osimhen had decided to stay one more season in the Italian club. A choice that had necessarily reassured the supporters, but especially the president Aurelio De Laurentiis who did not intend to let his star leave so easily. This summer, the situation was a little different. Napoli decided to put up the barbed wire for the Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia thus leaving the door slightly open for Osimhen. But the president of the Italian club is tough in negotiations and he quickly made it clear about his player: it will be more than 100 million or nothing.
Since then, some clubs have tried to take the temperature while others have clearly shown a concrete interest in the player. This is particularly the case of PSG who had one of their priority offensive leads on the attack front. But this file is far from simple while Chelsea is also in the running even if for the moment no club has made interesting offers (except on the Saudi Arabian side). The Nigerian striker obviously wants to leave the club. At the same time, Napoli wants to part ways with him before strengthening its team on the transfer window. In short, a thorny file that is causing a lot of talk. This Saturday evening, Napoli faces Modena in the 32nd round of the Italian Cup. The opportunity for sporting director Giovanni Manna to make a big point on the transfer window.
Osimhen asked to leave
The Italian manager notably confirmed Victor Osimhen’s wish to leave the club. The latter is even absent from the group this Saturday. “He asked to leave, we are calm because we have players in the squad who can replace him in the best possible way. But we do not want to harm the integrity of the group and on the contrary we want to preserve it, we will see what happens in the coming days, he first launched on Mediaset before discussing the case of another offensive lead: Romelu Lukaku. “He is a Chelsea footballer, with Victor Osimhen and with all the others, we are calm. An attacking player can arrive and it is not necessarily Lukaku. We will be ready.”
In addition to the Belgian striker’s case, Naples is also working on the Brazilian David Neres. The former Ajax player, who plays for Benfica, has already agreed to join Italy. But Manna wanted to calm things down a bit. “David Neres, yes he is a strong footballer, we follow a lot of footballers and we have a lot of ideas. It will take some time to understand who will be functional to the project.” This should make people react and above all give some indications on how Antonio Conte’s team will behave on the transfer market in the coming weeks. Because the former Chelsea coach will not accept going through the season without a quality starting 9…
