Manchester United Shelved Rumored Pursuit of Osimhen | OneFootball

Napoli will most likely have to wait until next summer to sort out the future of Victor Osimhen for good. At this stage, there’s no traction about a January sale. Moreover, Galatasaray surely won’t activate his €75M release clause, Il Mattino informed (via OneFootball).

If the Nigerian marksman stayed in Turkey permanently, he’d do it for a lower fee, which the two sides would have negotiated. Manchester United had shown some interest in him in recent weeks. However, that was before their recent coaching change and the appointment of Ruben Amorim, who might prefer different strikers.

Napoli haven’t had further contacts with the Red Devils concerning Osimhen. The Partenopei maintain a level of interest in Joshua Zirkzee. Though, they’ll concretely move for a new striker only after selling their loanee. His mammoth wages are an issue also for Premier League sides.

His new and reduced clause will come into effect in January already, but no team is making waves yet. He and Galatasaray have often suggested he’d complete the campaign with them. The Turkish club will receive a form of compensation if he bolted midseason. He has tallied 9 goals and 5 assists in 12 appearances so far.

Our Take on Napoli and Osimhen

Their finances are in good shape, but they’d surely like to get the full prize to set up another grand reinforcement campaign next summer and open up room in their payroll. Hindsight is 20/20, but they really screwed the pooch with that extension. Unlike other teams, they haven’t leaned on swaps in recent years, and one of this magnitude would be hard to put together.