The transfer window started slowly, but is really getting into gear now. We expect major moves across the world in the next few weeks, and rumours are still claiming that Chelsea could be part of one of them.
On Sky Sports, Dharmesh Sheth talked about our last remaining links to a world class player – the talk about us trying to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli.
“It’s unclear whether Chelsea would be able to afford what Napoli would want. We know that his release clause is over £100m. So the next best thing is to try and negotiate a loan with an obligation to buy, because Napoli will want a guarantee that at some point, Victor Osimhen’s move to Chelsea, if it is to be to Chelsea, has got a permanent element to it. So that’s where we are at the moment,” Sheth explained.
“There is so much work to do on this deal. I’ve been told it is such a complicated deal to do, but the fact that the two clubs are still in negotiation over it would imply that there is a deal to be done.
“Whether they can do that deal is a completely different matter.”
Both sides want it – neither willing to make it happen
Sadly this is just the same conclusion we’ve come to – Chelsea and Napoli would both actually quite like a deal to be done here, but both are living in something of a fantasy world at the moment. Napoli can’t get what they want for their striker and make a deal happen. Chelsea can’t pay as little as they are able to and expect to sign him.
So for all the positive signs of their continued discussion, unless something major changes on one side, it’s all going to peter out into nothing.
