Chelsea imagine their pursuit of Atletico Madrid striker Samu Omorodion might in the end support their makes an attempt to signal Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, 90min understands.
The Blues need a new striker this summer time and are closing in on a deal for 20-year-old Samu, having secured an settlement with Atletico following negotiations which is able to take midfielder Conor Gallagher in the other way in a separate switch.
Whereas Chelsea’s present focus is on securing Samu’s signature, sources have confirmed to 90min that talks over Osimhen are nonetheless ongoing and membership officers don’t really feel as if it’s one or the opposite. Certainly, there’s even hope that signing Samu might assist them land the Napoli ahead.
Chelsea are already well-stocked at striker. Samu might be a part of a bunch which already consists of Nicolas Jackson – Enzo Maresca just lately confirmed he sees the Senegal worldwide as a centre-forward – and younger Marc Guiu, and they also really feel beneath little or no strain to comply with Napoli’s excessive calls for for Osimhen. Conversely, Napoli need their striker’s wages off the books and Osimhen can also be agitating for an exit, and Chelsea imagine the strain might quickly be on the Serie A aspect to just accept a decrease supply or totally different construction.
Osimhen and his representatives are understood to have grown pissed off by Napoli’s deal with signing a brand new striker earlier than granting him an exit and are actually pushing for a everlasting transfer away. Chelsea, whereas their curiosity isn’t any secret, haven’t but proven a concrete dedication to signing Osimhen completely, at the least on this present window.
90min just lately reported that Napoli are ready to drop that asking worth all the way down to £70m if a deal consists of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, who’s Napoli’s prime goal to interchange Osimhen and valued at £37m by Chelsea.
Whereas Chelsea wish to offload Lukaku and would fortunately use the 31-year-old in a deal for Osimhen, they continue to be reluctant to fulfill Napoli’s calls for and are at the moment exploring a mortgage transfer. Osimhen’s agent just lately insisted such an settlement can be tough however sources don’t see it as inconceivable.
Because the switch window nears its conclusion, Chelsea hope Osimhen’s representatives might soften their stance on a mortgage transfer, significantly if it included an obligation associated to on-pitch efficiency, whereas additionally they imagine Napoli might decrease their calls for and present an urgency so as to add Lukaku to the squad for the beginning of the brand new Serie A season.
One potential dilemma for Chelsea is curiosity in Osimhen from Paris Saint-Germain, who’ve already agreed private phrases with the 25-year-old. Ought to Napoli present a willingness to decrease their calls for for Chelsea, PSG would discover a deal of their very own, though the French aspect are at a drawback as a result of they don’t have Lukaku as a makeweight.
Reviews elsewhere have claimed Chelsea won’t break their wage construction to signal Osimhen, however 90min understands the Blues can be blissful to pay an enormous wage offering the construction is in line with Chelsea’s incentive-driven pay-scale.
Chelsea’s wage proposals revolve round a decrease base wage in seasons with out Champions League League and with performance-related bonuses to extend participant earnings over time. Any new signing must purchase into that wage construction.
Private phrases are nearly agreed in precept with Samu, who is predicted to maneuver, however Osimhen’s future won’t be determined so simply, and Chelsea are ready to play a ready recreation as they eye an audacious double swoop in assault.
