Arsenal and Chelsea on red alert as Carragher and Richards make Osimhen transfer prediction
Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards have predicted whether or not Victor Osimhen will leave Napoli. The 25-year-old striker continues to be heavily linked with a move to both Arsenal and Chelsea ahead of the summer transfer window as either side looks to further bolster their attacking options.
football.london understands that the Blues wanted to sign Osimhen last summer, but the Italian giants were determined to hold onto their star man – so Nicolas Jackson was signed from Villarreal instead. Chelsea viewed the Nigeria international as somebody who could have transformed the club's misfortunes in front of goal but, without Champions League qualification, any bid to sign him proved difficult.
Chelsea remain some way off the top four this season, but football.london understands that they're still interested in signing the Nigerian. Arsenal, who are in a title race with Manchester City and Liverpool, are also in the market for a new frontman as Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah struggle to find the net.
Speaking on CBS Sports on Wednesday night ahead of Napoli's clash against Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final first-leg, Carragher and Richards offered their verdict on Osimhen and his elusive future. The former Liverpool defender said: «Napoli is a club that he is not going to stay at for the rest of his career and he feels like he can go on to bigger and better things.
»But he signs a contract and straight away he's talking about where he's going to go in the summer. I think there's a buy-out clause there for one hundred million and it feels like some sort of deal has been done between all parties.
"'I'll sign a new contract, my wages will go through the roof'. Rightly so for what he did last season, but there's a
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