Well, well, well, just as we all expected, the Victor Osimhen to Chelsea transfer saga has gone through to the final two days of the transfer window and to be honest, now looks like it will go through to deadline day on Friday.
It’s all that has been in the news this week and is a major deal that Chelsea are trying to get done. But also, Ah-Ahli are trying to sign him too. One plus point is that it now looks like PSG are completely out of this one, although nobody would rule out a late move from them at this point. It’s a very dramatic transfer story that many fans will just be pleased to see the end of now.
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Italian reporters Gianluca Di Marzio and Fabrizio Romano both put out some late night updates on the Osimhen situation last night.
Chelsea not offering enough
To sum it up, Di Marzio is reporting:
- Osimhen is open to Al Ahli move
- They have increased their offer to Napoli
- They have also was offered Osimhen 30 million euros a year for four years
- Napoli hope to close with Al Ahli
- Chelsea’s offer to Osimhen is too low so no agreement
Romano is a bit more positive on it though. As above, he says:
- Despite Al Ahli offering €25-30m net per season and also release clause, Osimhen is giving Chelsea a chance, they need to make progress in 24 hours. Osimhen is waiting to see if Chelsea can have a creative formula with everything, close to his current Napoli salary
- It’s completely on Chelsea for Osimhen, forget about everything, it’s all about the salary and Chelsea, they are not giving up and are trying
- Compared to before, Chelsea will not be signing Osimhen on loan, they would be buying him on some sort of permanent deal
- Osimhen is waiting; he will have to say soon, Yes I’m coming to you Chelsea this salary is good, or no sorry we can’t make the deal happen
- Today will be important for Chelsea and Osimhen, they need to make progress if they want it to happen
Quotes via CFCPYS.
