Liverpool are anticipated to signal a brand new No. 9 this summer season and out-of-favour Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, presently on mortgage at Galatasaray, has now been linked.
Osimhen has spent the season with Galatasaray after discovering himself frozen out by Antonio Conte and changed by Romelu Lukaku, and is about to maneuver on completely this summer season.
His place at Napoli comes regardless of scoring 76 targets in 133 video games for the membership and being extensively thought of one of the crucial gifted strikers in Europe throughout their title-winning marketing campaign in 2022/23.
That ought to see him coveted this summer season, however having seen proposed strikes to Chelsea and Al-Ahli fall by a 12 months in the past, it stays to be seen who will pursue a deal.
In line with Sky Sports activities‘ Lyall Thomas, Osimhen is without doubt one of the strikers Liverpool are contemplating as they plot to switch Darwin Nunez within the subsequent switch window.
The reporter claims that Osimhen, Alexander Isak and Benjamin Sesko are all potential targets, with each Isak and Sesko additionally linked by dependable sources on Merseyside.
Whereas it’s not the primary time Liverpool have been purported as suitors for Osimhen that is essentially the most concrete hyperlink up to now this season.
Not like Isak, who is anticipated to be priced at upwards of £150 million as Newcastle maintain agency of their no-sale stance, the Nigerian can be out there for £63.8 million as a consequence of a launch clause in his contract at Napoli.
That may be decrease than the payment quoted for an additional goal, Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike, who’s rumoured to be out there for £80 million.
Osimhen might swimsuit Arne Slot‘s system at Liverpool as a robust, pacy ahead who can maintain his personal as a lone striker and, crucially, has scored 79 targets in 110 video games within the final three seasons at Napoli and up to now at Galatasaray.
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Scoring persistently has been the largest subject for Nunez, who is about to be made out there this summer season having failed to determine himself as a key participant beneath Slot.
And although there may very well be query marks over whether or not his report would translate to the Premier League, solely six gamers throughout Europe’s prime 10 leagues have discovered the again of the online extra usually than Osimhen this season.
These are Viktor Gyokeres, Robert Lewandowski, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Mohamed Salah – all elite forwards and a marker of the corporate Osimhen deserves among the many finest in Europe.
Any suggestion that Osimhen is a real goal needs to be taken with a pinch of salt at this stage, with Sky Sports activities’ declare but to be backed up by Liverpool reporters.
However it could be no shock if these inside the membership’s recruitment group weren’t at the least monitoring his scenario as they weigh up a transfer for his or her subsequent No. 9.
