Maybe it’s because of the EURO, but maybe it’s because of the price. Victor Osimhen’s situation at Napoli looked as good as over just a month ago. As soon as the season in Serie A was over, speculations became bigger and bigger, and it looked like it was just a matter of time before the Nigerian striker would change clubs. But after just over a month, Osimhen is more likely to show up for Napoli’s preseason than to leave Italy. What happened?Chelsea trying to ‘cheat’ Napoli over Osimhen’s transferWell, for starters, the only deals which are happening now are free agents or not so big star footballers. Everybody else is waiting for the EURO to finish and then the majority of deals will start happening. But when it comes to Osimhen, price becomes a big issue too. The Nigerian has a 130 million euro clause in his contract, and even England giants like Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are reluctant to pay that sum. In fact, even a 100 million price tag seems too much now. Arsenal are also thinking of Viktor Gyökeres, who is also worth 100 million and is asking for a lower salary than the Nigerian. As for United, they believe that Hojlund is the future of the club, so the other striker won’t be as expensive as Osimhen, only to sit on the bench. They are exploring the option to sign Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna while Chelsea have changed their transfer targets after the appointment of the Italian Enzo Maresca, so all of a sudden, the Nigerian striker is out of suitors.Finidi explains his resignation, Osimhen called to apologizeNapoli’s pre-season starts next week and if there is no breakthrough, Osimhen will report to new coach Antonio Conte, who already expects to lose the Nigerian.”As far as Osimhen is concerned, just as I knew very well about the situation of Khvicha, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Andre-Frank Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, on whom I had an absolute veto, I know very well about the Osimhen situation. I know that there are agreements with the club, it’s a totally different situation, which I’ll witness. Then if you ask me about the player, he’s a top player, but I can’t get into any discussions about Osimhen because these are previous agreements” he said at the introductionary press conference. Former Chelsea boss expects Osimhen to be sold in order to bring in Romelu Lukaku.##NAJAVA_MECA_8191694##
