Jon Obi Mikel was speaking on his podcast this week, and brought up one of his favourite topics – the future of his friend and countryman Victor Osimhen.
Chelsea have been linked with the Nigerian goal machine countless times over the years, and last year a deal felt really close as the Blues pushed to get something done. But in the end, they couldn’t agree terms with Napoli, they moved on, and Osimhen ended up going on loan to Galatasaray.
Mikel insists that the deal can be picked up from where it left off last summer, at least in terms of personal terms with Osimhen. With another season chipped off his contract, Napoli are more likely to be willing to negotiate too.
Former Chelsea midfielder Mikel insists it’s an easy deal to do, if we want him:
“He wants to play for Chelsea. I know where we stopped in terms of the contract, I know where we are. It’s an easy fix, because we’ve done all the hard work last summer,” Mikel explained on his podcast.
Mikel misses the main reason Osimhen isn’t already at Chelsea
We have no doubt that’s true, but it misses a crucial point – Chelsea stopped the process of signing Osimhen last summer for a reason, and there’s no indication yet that those reasons will have changed.
It still seems far more likely that Liam Delap is our prime target, given he has a fixed release clause which makes buying more straightforward, given he knows Enzo Maresca from their shared time in the Manchester City academy, and given he’s much younger and likely to demand more reasonable wages.
A move for Osimhen isn’t impossible, but we’d wager we will only go after him once our options with the likes of Delap are exhausted.
This is ridiculous to think of buying Delap that could not rescue his team from regulation. Osimhen is a proven striker who has been named many times a the best striker in many leagues. One of the top 4th striker in the world
Maresca is not a top class coach,he is an average team coach not for a big team like Chelsea,we need a top class manager that has that winning and challenging for trophies mentality,maresca is our number problem,delap is no where near victor oshimen,the difference in the goals they scored is very wide, oshimen is proven world class strikers and top clubs in the top five leagues are inte
Oshimen is the man to lead us to the promise land,he is all we need for next season,maresca can’t take us to the promise land,we need to sack him and bring a top manager that has that winning mentality,maresca can’t even manage pressure well,he is not a good human manager,he is so rude to the fans and players