Months ago, it was speculated whether Victor Osimhen would extend his contract with Napoli, and according to the latest announcements from the Italian media, we could soon get a final epilogue favourable to both sides. Yesterday, the owner of Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentiis, met with Roberto Calenda, the agent of the Nigerian forward, with whom he negotiated the details of a new contract for his client. It was their first face-to-face meeting since after the end of last season, but unlike that time, during yesterday’s meeting, they managed to reach an agreement in principle, so the draft of his contract is on the table.🚨 Victor Osimhen is one step away from renewing his contract with Napoli for an extra year until 2026.(Source: @MatteMoretto) pic.twitter.com/aU1sz0H54S— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) December 14, 2023 It will not be significantly longer than the current one because, according to Gianluca Di Marzio, it will be extended for only one year until the summer of 2026, but the 24-year-old Nigerian will also feel the change in his bank account. According to the report, he will collect significantly more than the 4,500,000 euros he currently has on an annual basis, and he will find himself in the salary range with European attackers of his calibre, underlines Di Marzio. What is also new, compared to the previous contract, is the buyout clause. Until now, it was not there, but after the agreement of the two parties, it will be included in the new contract and will amount to close to 140,000,000 euros. And it will come into force next summer when a large number of offers for the Nigerian forward will be expected.Osimhen: ‘I thank all Africans who have helped me’This is precisely one of the reasons why De Laurentiis wanted to speed up the negotiations; otherwise, Osimhen would have entered the last year of his contract after the end of the current season. In that case, the first man of the champion of Italy would not be able to tighten too much about the price, but this way he secured a significantly better negotiating position.Everything indicates that a new record will fall at the foot of Mount Vesuvius when it comes to outgoing transfers. For the record, the biggest was achieved by Gonzalo Higuain a little more than seven years ago, when he went to Juventus for 90,000,000 euros. Osimhen arrived in Naples in September 2020 from Lille in a ‘mysterious’ transfer worth 75,000,000 euros, and in the previous three and a half seasons, he scored 66 goals and 16 assists in 116 games for the team from the south of Italy.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – ROUND 6Thursday20:45: (2.25) LASK (3.50) Toulouse (3.35)20:45: (2.90) St.Gilloise (3.60) Liverpool (2.50)20:45: (1.70) Panathinaikos (3.80) Maccabi Haifa (5.60)20:45: (2.20) Rennes (3.50) Villareal (3.45)20:45: (1.15) Roma (7.75) Sheriff Tiraspol (19.0)20:45: (1.35) Slavia Praha (5.30) Servette (10.5)20:45: (1.40) Leverkusen (5.30) Molde (8.00)20:45: (1.32) Qarabag (6.00) Hacken (10.0)23:00: (1.30) Olympiakos (5.50) TSC Backa Topola (10.0)23:00: (1.80) West Ham (3.70) Freiburg (5.00)23:00: (2.05) Ajax (3.50) AEK (3.50)23:00: (1.70) Brighton (4.10) Olympique Marseille (5.20)23:00: (4.40) Aris Limmasol (3.70) Sparta Praha (1.90)23:00: (1.85) Betis (3.70) Rangers (4.70)23:00: (2.65) Rakow (3.40) Atalanta (2.80)23:00: (1.70) Sporting (3.60) Sturm (5.30)***odds are subject to change***
