Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer agree on Victor Osimhen's next club amid Arsenal and Chelsea links
Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer both agree that Napoli striker Victor Osimhen should choose Arsenal over Chelsea as Napoli president confirmed the striker will leave the club in the summer.
Arsenal and Chelsea are among the teams to have been linked with a strong interest in the Nigeria international. The Blues saw their efforts to bring Osimhen to Stamford Bridge rebuffed last summer which meant their attention was turned to Nicolas Jackson instead.
Osimhen has been a big target for Arsenal and Chelsea due to their demand for a new centre-forward but a mid-season deal has proven difficult. The Gunners boss Mikel Arteta insisted that he loves the players already at the Emirates Stadium and signing a new striker this month «does not look realistic.»
He said: «At the moment it does not look realistic. What my job is, and what we have to do is improve our players and try to get better results with the players we have.»
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis revealed Osimhen will play the last few months in Naples before departing the club at the end of the season. He said: «This was already known since this summer, our negotiations [over the new contract] were friendly, otherwise it would not have been so long. We knew he would go to Real Madrid, PSG or a top English club.»
Osimhen only signed a new deal at the club last month, which reportedly includes a release clause of around £112 million. Earlier this week, the striker name-checked the Premier League in an interview, claiming he knew what the next step in his career would be.
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