Chelsea fans hoping that this would be the summer that we finally land Victor Osimhen and solve our goalscoring nightmares once and for all are looking set to be disappointed.
The striker has felt like he’s been gradually drifting out of our reach, for various reasons. Most importantly, the financial situation we’re in makes buying a player for big money and on big wages feel impossible. It may well be that we wriggle out of our FFP straightjacket with some sales this summer, but until that’s achieved we can’t really commit to chasing a superstar like the Nigerian.
Then there’s the appeal of coming to Chelsea, which has been fading fast in the last two years, since we’ve really seriously been linked to him. He’s just had a down season with Napoli, he doesn’t want to come and join a struggling mid table team and continue the torture.
So the news from Football Italia that he’s been in Paris with his daughter doesn’t surprise us. PSG have looked favourites to land him for at least 6 months now, and they have the resources to pay the €130m clause which reportedly gets you the striker on a plate.
Just as was the case with Declan Rice, it feels like we waited just a little too long and missed our window of signing the goal machine when it was still a possibility.
With Kylian Mbappe on the way out, PSG have everything lined up nicely to bring in Osimhen. Let’s hope those in charge at Chelsea already have their next option lined up.