Six players we’d love to see in the Premier League next season | OneFootball

The transfer window is in full swing with some exciting additions already confirmed to be playing Premier League football next season.

Manchester City have brought in Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki, while marquee names Florian Wirtz and Martin Zubimendi are nearing moves to Liverpool and Arsenal respectively.

With plenty of time before the window shuts, we’ve looked at six top talents we’d love to see in the Premier League next season.

Six players we’d love to see in the Premier League next season

Victor Osimhen

On the surface level, it’s extraordinary that Premier League clubs haven’t concreted interest in Victor Osimhen. There’s no shortage of teams searching for a centre-forward, and there are few better on the market than Osimhen. Speculation over huge wage demands continues to circle, but the 26-year-old has snubbed a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia.

Osimhen is a proven guarantee of goals, netting with regularity during spells in Belgium, France, Italy and Turkey. Last season’s surprise sojourn to Galatasaray delivered 37 goals in 41 games, a single-season record for an overseas player in Turkish football.

A phenomenal athlete with an extensive catalogue of finishes, Osimhen appears readymade to make an impact in England. With a reasonable release clause of £64m at Napoli, he could be a ceiling-raiser for several sides in search of a striker.

Viktor Gyokeres

Nothing attracts the interest of clubs more than goals and few have scored more than Viktor Gyokeres over the last two seasons. The Swedish striker has blasted 97 goals in 102 games for Sporting Lisbon to emerge as one of the most coveted forwards on the planet.

Gyokeres’s goal record is hugely impressive, but reservations remain. At 27, he has never played in a top-five European league and a €70m+ asking price appears to have little sell-on value.

He can be untidy too, but a bullish presence and sheer will to score goals are attractive attributes. Having failed to make the grade at Brighton earlier in his career, Gyokeres would return with a point to prove.

Xavi Simons

Xavi Simons has expressed his interest in leaving RB Leipzig this summer following the club’s failure to secure European football.

The Dutch midfielder was named in the Bundesliga Team of the Season in his debut year with the club and, while performances dipped as a collective last season, a return of 10 goals and six assists was a healthy individual return.

Still just 22 and comfortable in a variety of roles, there’s a lot to like about Simons who has interest in a Premier League move. He does not appear to be a priority for English clubs, as things stand, but is one to watch as the window progresses.

Hugo Ekitike

Hugo Ekitike has earned the nickname ‘Baby Isak’ on social media and it’s not difficult to see why. The Frenchman combines a similar tall wiry frame with delightful footwork in tight spaces. After finding himself on the fringes at Paris Saint-Germain, a move to Eintracht Frankfurt has been the making of Ekitike.

Last season, he scored 22 goals and created 12 more in all competitions to help the German side to Champions League qualification.

He remains raw, but Ekitike has an all-round package that excites. The 22-year-old ranked in the top six percent of forwards in Europe for successful take-ons, progressive carries, shot-creating actions and attacking penalty area touches last season. It’s a fine base to build upon.

Takefusa Kubo

Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo emerged early as a player in demand for Premier League teams, as sides searched for a right-winger with threat. Manchester United appear set to win that race, but Takefusa Kubo could be an exciting alternative. The Japan international is ready to quit Real Sociedad and has his sights set on English football.

Kubo carries the ball with purpose and was among La Liga’s top players for take-ons and progressive carries last season, while the 24-year-old was the most fouled player in the league. There appears to be a shift back towards wingers who play with the shackles off and Kubo fits that brief.

Nick Woltemade

A 6ft 6in forward who moves like that? We’re sold. Nick Woltemade had a breakout campaign in 2024/25 after signing for Stuttgart on a free transfer. The forward netted 17 goals in all competitions and helped the German side to a drought-breaking DFB-Pokal success.

Despite his towering frame, Woltemade carries the ball with grace past challenges and ranked in the top four percent of forwards in Europe for successful take-ons per game last season. Woltemade is currently enhancing his reputation at the u-21 European Championship, with four goals in two games for Germany.

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