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Reality: Manchester United desperately want a top quality striker this summer time.
Reality: One of many world’s best strikers, Victor Osimhen, is offered this summer time for round £65 million.
Reality: Victor has turned down an eye-watering wage to play in Saudi Arabia as a result of he needs to play within the Premier League.
Reality: Osimhen is keen about becoming a member of United, although they’ll’t supply Champions League soccer this season.
The slam dunk is on, however United are dribbling
It looks as if a match made in heaven. And but, except for some imprecise stories of being stored knowledgeable, United haven’t made a severe transfer for the Nigerian bomber, at the least, not one identified by the mainstream media.
Likewise, Chelsea, Liverpool and Juventus have flirted with the concept of signing Osi however have made no substantial strikes, whereas Arsenal, themselves determined for a quantity 9, don’t appear to be within the race in any respect.
It’s always speculated that Osimhen’s outrageous wage calls for are the issue, however transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has known as {that a} fable and said that the massive man is just asking for slightly below £200,000 per week.
The determine would put him on a stage with Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire on United’s wage scale, approach behind the likes of Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount.
Maybe United genuinely wish to have offered gamers comparable to Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho earlier than they make a severe supply for Osimhen. Maybe they’re biding their time to attempt to get a greater deal. Maybe they’re in negotiations behind the scenes. Maybe they don’t seem to be in any respect. Maybe, maybe …
The one membership apart from Al Hillal to have made a severe transfer for the 26 yr previous seems to be Galatasaray, the Turkish giants with whom he loved a fruitful mortgage spell final time round, scoring an astounding 37 objectives in 41 video games.
Persistence is a advantage
As United prevaricate, Gala’s dedication and endurance seems to have received over the masked marauder if a brand new report in Corriere dello Sport (at present’s paper version, web page 12) is to be believed.
The outlet stories that “Osi has chosen the Gal”.
“Osimhen needs to remain in Istanbul and has communicated his determination to Galatasaray, who are actually on the lookout for an settlement with [Aurelio de Laurentiis]. However Napoli is not going to low cost the clause: they need €75 million,” CDS claims.
“Osi intends to proceed enjoying for Galatasaray.”
With Gala already having floated a proposal within the area of €60 million and having pledged to fulfill Osimhen’s wage calls for, it appears now to be a only a matter of days earlier than a deal is struck.
United, in the meantime, are nowhere to be seen.
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