- Heavy-spending Chelsea are eager on signing Napoli striker Osimhen
- Napoli boss Conte needs two gamers and £39m in return from Chelsea
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Chelsea are reportedly closing in on a £39m swap deal for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
The Blues have already spent just below £200m this summer season on 12 gamers, with Pedro Neto the most recent to stroll by way of the door after his £54m transfer from Wolves.
Mail Sport beforehand reported that Chelsea have been provided Osimhen as a part of a swap deal involving out-of-favour striker Romelu Lukaku.
The Sun have now reported that Napoli boss Antonio Conte needs two gamers and £39m in return for Osimhen.
It is claimed that he needs Lukaku – who joined for £97.5m in 2021 – and younger £17m midfielder Cesare Casadei plus £39m to seal the switch.
Victor Osimhen is reportedly closing in on a £39m transfer to Chelsea which might see two Blues stars head in the wrong way
Napoli boss Antonio Conte needs Romelu Lukaku to be concerned in any deal for Osimhen
Conte can also be reportedly eager on Cesare Casadei to be included in a £39m swap deal
Talks have been ongoing for quite a lot of days over the way forward for Osimhen.
Giovanni Manna, Napoli’s sporting director, has been in London for talks with Chelsea a few potential swap.
He has explored potential strikes for Manchester United’s Scott McTominay and Brighton’s Billy Gilmour.
Casadei in the meantime is a participant that Chelsea may probably throw within the combine for Osimhen, together with Lukaku – who has spent the final two seasons on mortgage in Italy with Inter Milan and Roma.
Napoli confirmed earlier this month that Osimhen requested to depart the membership after he was ignored of their Coppa Italia squad to face Modena.
Osimhen has been prolific in Serie A for a number of years and in 2022-23 dispatched 31 targets in all competitions, serving to to fireplace Napoli to the title.
Enzo Maresca’s facet are eager to signal one other attacking participant regardless of the arrival of Neto.
A transfer for Samu Omorodion from Atletico Madrid appeared to fall by way of, which in return stalled the sale of Conor Gallagher to go in the wrong way.
Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea facet have been busy thus far through the summer season switch window
Regardless of a quieter 2023-24 season he’s nonetheless scorching property and far admired by Paris Saint-Germain in addition to Saudi Arabian golf equipment.
So desired is Osimhen that two Chelsea icons are reaching out to him with persuasive intent – John Obi Mikel and Didier Drogba.
‘I hope that Chelsea followers will lastly see him come to the membership. I’ll ensure I ship him these textual content messages and calls, ensuring Chelsea is his prime precedence, stated Mikel.
‘Nevertheless it looks like he loves the membership and desires to come back to Chelsea. I’m positive he has all the large golf equipment desirous to signal him. I believe if we are able to safe his signature it could be unbelievable for the membership.
‘Didier can also be chatting with him, sharing his personal concepts and what the membership means to us. All of us wish to see Victor come to the membership. If it occurs, it occurs. It’s an enormous switch charge, but when we are able to match it and get him to the membership that will be completely unbelievable.’
Osimhen has additionally beforehand been linked with a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, after the French facet misplaced star striker Kylian Mbappe to Actual Madrid this summer season.
Lukaku failed to satisfy expectations following his return to Stamford Bridge in 2021 and Chelsea are eager to let him go.
Casadei, 21, has hardly ever featured since he signed for Chelsea in 2022. He was on mortgage at Leicester for a part of final season the place he labored with new Blues boss Maresca.
