Uncertainties continue to surround Victor Osimhen’s next club as the season comes to an end. A lot has been said about a possible move to Manchester United at the commencement of the 2025/2026 Premier League.
Manchester United look set for a busy summer in the transfer window, and Ruben Amorim, the head coach, appears keen to replenish his forward line at Old Trafford in the coming months.
The Old Trafford gaints are pushing ahead with a £40million deal to sign Victor Osimhen this summer. Amorim has made Napoli forward who is currently on loan at Galatasaray, his top striker transfer target this summer.
The Reds has been having goals draught this season and the coach believes Osimhen is the solution to the team’s goals draught problem; bearing in mind his proven goal-scoring prowess.
Osimhen has scored 29 goals from 34 games this season, and he is contract with Napoli is winding down at the end of the season.
However, going by the views of David Ornstein, a sports journalist and correspondent at the BBC Osimhen is may not be heading to Old Trafford as he is not on Man United’s agenda for this summer.
Ornstein affirmed that the priority for Manchester United in this upcoming transfer window is their attack line.
“They (Man United) are looking at a forward and a number 10 as their main focus.”
“They want to get on with it pretty quickly. Their finances are in place to do the deals they would like to do. They do not depend on European football or on sales to sustain them,” he explained.
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“Their main focus for the number 10 position is Cunha. He has a £62.5 million release clause. He wants to come, but personal terms would still need to be agreed, which is not a formality.
“In the strike position is Liam Delap of Ipswich Town; he’s their number one target. He has a £30 million release clause if Ipswich are relegated. But there are a lot of other suitors for him, including Chelsea. So no guarantee will happen,” Ornstein adds.
Ornstein thinks that if Manchester United is to look at others strikers, it would not be Osimhen, despite the report you might be reading.
“He is not on the agenda of Manchester United. They will have another option because they might have turned to them, or they stick with internal solutions, such as Rasmus Hojlund, and they focus on other positions,” he argued.
No matter what happens, a fact remains that as the world football communities look forward to winding down the 2024/2025 calendar, one name many will not forget in a hurry, especially in Turkey, is Osimhen, the Nigerian lethal striker, and Africa’s foot jewel.
The Nigeria international has been in sublime form for Galatasaray this season, a continuation of his fine forms in previous seasons.
Napoli Football Club broke their bank in signing Osimhen in 2020 to sign Osimhen on a club record fee of $96 million, making him the most expensive signing in their club history.
Two seasons after the club began to reap the gains of investing in the Nigerian lethal strike who helped them to win the Serie A trophy in style.
Osimhen scored 22 Serie A league goals and 4 assists in 27 games to lead Napoli to their first scudetto in the 21st century.
Neapolitans last lifted the coveted trophy 33 years ago, when the late Diego Armando Maradona led the Azure colour army to subdue the likes of AC Milan, Juventus, Roma, and Internazionale Milan, among others, to lift the trophy.
Galatasaray is currently on top of the Turkish League with 77 points, inspired by Osimhen’s goal-scoring magic. Many football-loving Nigerians are optimistic that the Edo State-born striker has what it takes to return Manchester United to its glory days.
Paul Erikewe, the chief coach of Customs Football Club and the man who discovered Osimhen judging by Osimhen’s current form there is no club he cannot play for.
The main challenge for Osimhen, according to Erikewe, his ability to adapt to the new club’s philosophy.
“Every coach has a philosophy, and it is the duty of players to adapt and adjust to it that matters. If he can adapt, then he won’t have many problems at Man U,” he said.
Erikewe does not want to see the young striker being compared to Ronaldo because this will put a lot of pressure on him, which might be counter-productive to his career.
For Shira Yusuf, a National Institute of Sports (NIS) certified football coach, sees no reason why Osimhen will not excel at Man U.
“Why not? It will be a super replacement because he is young, experienced, and very hard working with good goal-scoring records,” he said.
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