Arsenal bid for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen would remain a mirage unless the London giants earn the spot to play in the lucrative UEFA Champions League.
The Mike Arteta-led Gunners who bolstered their top-four spot in the English Premier League with a comprehensive 3-1 defeat of Manchester United on Saturday, has severally been linked to the Napoli forward but his agent has revealed that any club willing to lure the Nigerian away from the Serie A must be ready to cough out anything in excess of £100 million.
The player’ agent Andrea D’Amico who brokered the ground-breaking deal that took Osimhen from Lille to Napoli, has told Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli that an offer far in excess of 100 Million Euros and coming from the Premier League will interest Napoli to sell Osimhen.
“The leading market is the English one. An important offer is an offer of 150 million. In any case, to get him you need a proposal that exceeds 100 million,” he revealed.
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Yet leading Italian news outlet, La Gazzetta dello Sport, claimed the 23-year-old striker wants to play Champions League football next season hence he was putting Arsenal talks on hold.
Arsenal have over the last few weeks reportedly sounded out the availability of Osimhen who was last week voted Napoli Player of the Month of March with words rife that intermediaries have made contacwith the striker’s agent.
Osimhen, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport as per football-italia.net , wants to play Champions League football in 2022-23 and has put talks with the Gunners on hold. He hasn’t ruled out moving to the Emirates Stadium but wants to learn which European competition they’ll play next season
The 23-year-old Nigerian has scored 16 goals in 27 appearances across all competitions this season consequently
In a related development, Napoli yesterday kissed the Scudetto goodbye with a spectacular capitulation by giving up a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 in just seven minutes, with Empoli celebrating their first win since December.