Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Hilal have submitted a new bid for Victor Osimhen to rival Galatasaray, reports Completesports.com.
Al-Hilal are desparate to sign the Nigeria international this summer despite his preference for a move elsewhere.
Osimhen spent last season on loan at Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray.
The Yellow and Reds want to sign him on a permanent transfer, but have continue to haggle with Napoli over the payment terms for the striker.
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Release Clause
The €75m release clause in Osimhen’s contract valid for teams outside of Italy has expired.
Napoli are still holding out for the same fee which they expect to be paid in no more than two instalments
Galatasaray had a €70m bid rejected by Napoli this week, but are now prepared to spend €40m up front, and then pay the remaining €35m in instalments.
They are still awaiting Napoli’s response to their latest offer.
According to reports from Matteo Moretto , Al-Hilal came back in with a new offer for Osimhen overnight, which is reportedly worth the requested €75m, but split into two equal instalments of €37.5m.
By Adeboye Amosu
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Lmao! It is always these two low rated and non competitive league that are always desperately rivaling for this dude signature… Is it not a shame! That should be telling us something…One would think Chelsea, real Madrid, etc will be hell bent and still be at the door knocking in trying to sign this dude but no they all shut their doors on this guy… lmao… Amcelotti said he is not that good enough to fill the void left by benzema lol… So he went for Bellingham instead and the man was right…. lmao…. Chelsea indirectly passed a message that dude is not worth the price tag that he is overhyped so they went on to sign jao pedro and delap….and so far they have not disappointed from the club world cup games… lmao… Arsenal, man u all never for once summited a bid or even attemp.. lmao just the other day we learnt from the legendary chiellini denying report that juventus ever wanted osimhen… lmao
I’m sure if he were European or South American these clubs would have met his asking price i insist because he’s that good.There are ways to go about it with having qualms with FFP.
A player of Osimhen’s quality should be in clubs like PSG,REAL MADRID,MANCHESTER CLUBS AND BARCELONA..
Even if he lowers his asking price i doubt these clubs will show interest,something not right..Look at how they’re dragging their feet on Lookman,despite Aina performances in the just concluded season as the best right back,no club showed genuine interest making him to extend his contract at forest.But those at his level have all moved to bigger clubs but how come Ola didn’t?
I believe had these players not switched allegiance and with performances they had last season,they would have signed for top teams.Iwobi and Bassey shouldn’t be playing for Fulham next season because going by their performances of last season you expect interest from top teams.
Furthermore,Adarabioyo moved to Chelsea a year ago after partnering Bassey at Fulham,while one was overlooked,the other was pulled by a top team,i’m sure that move wouldn’t have happened had he opted for the super eagles.
@Greytruf or wat
Na only PSG,REAL MADRID,MANCHESTER CLUBS AND BARCELONA? Wat off CHELSEA an LIVERPOOL or BAYER MUNCHEN nko? Abi dem nor good reach? lmao
Continue.. lol
Mokey Yash – Sharaap dere! Mechionu gi! Goat! Lmao
Im going to post my two previous comments that responds to the post and comments
1. The saudis are the only one who can afford osimhen. They submitted a bid for 160 million euros.
A lot of clubs are in financial difficulties. People keep saying united or arsenal for osimhen. But in the pl most of the former players keep saying to sign isak for liverpool and arsenal because he has been proving to score in the premier league and MIGHT guarantee instant success. But clubs dont want to pay the price tag of at least 100m. A lot of teams are trying to cut corners by trying to buy players who are not strikers and turn them into one like havertz. Or teams dont want to get burned by buying players on a high and they turned out to be a bust. Happened with zirkzee, houjlind and darwin nunez. So top clubs wait for other clubs to gamble, see how they perform and poach them. Thats why brighton are making profit because lower teams tend to be the one to buy players outside the top 4 leagues, bottom half of the league players or players in other countries. Brighton made a sale on jaoa pedro. Liverpool can afford wirtz because they dont spend a lot based on their ownership model. In the 24-25 season they just got cheisa for cheap, so they can splurge for wirtz. Plus the team did well with the same players who were under jurgen klopp.
There is a shortage of strikers honestly or quality strikers. People been saying arsenal wanted bejamin sesko who plays for rb leipzig or now viktor gyokeres. Victor gyokeres played the championship and moved to sporting cp in portugal where he was scoring goals under ruben amorin. Since amorin left for united people keep speculating that he might poach him for united. But then arsenal entered the picture and might want him too. They wanted benjamin sesko, but he said he didnt want to come because hes not gonna start. Viktor gyokeres is in his prime, but he doesnt have top 4 or 5 league experience. Benjmani sesko is younger which you can have for a long time and get fitted with the league and has top 4 league experience. But the arab league now want sesko, if he goes to saudi then a lot of clubs are really going to be in trouble looking for strikers.
De laurentis the business man. He doesnt budge. You either meet his demands or dont come at all. Happened with koulibaly. Chelsea been wanted him and napoli kept rejecting it because they didnt meet the demands. But they ended up getting him with a year left on his contract. Koulibably couldnt cut it in the premier league and went to saudi arabia. What napoli gonna do is keep loaning osimhen out.
I was listening to a uk sports show and a former liverpool player said osimhen is quite contentious at times and not 100% committed. And also its hard to justify $250,000 a week to a player who had ONE good season. This is a desperate move if anyone wants osimhen he said. Loaning osimhen and while napoli have champions league next season and won the league title all without osimhen. It solidifies that he is not important to the team and still can achieve success without him. Like graham potter to brighton. Since he left, brighton have still been doing well with the last 2 managers de zerbi got them to europa league and the latest german manager. Brighton have a model they work with that allows them to succeed. Same with inter milan when they didnt have enough money and said they needed to sell players when conte wants money to spend. He left and inter got inzangi and now inter made it to 2 champions league finals since his arrival. Inter signed players on a free and made it to a champions league final
Nobody wants to have an African playing player except for the middle east.
(Comment from jaoa Pedro sending chelsea to the club world cup final)
2. Well its bye bye to osimhen, nicholas jackson red cards and poor finishes. And hello to jaoa pedro. Now chelsea may have a chance to challenge for titles and puts the osimhen talks to rest.
A lot of top clubs or winning clubs are not signing African playing players or they will sign them but they aren’t a strong starter or important player to the team, but will most likely come off the bench. Man city, real madrid, bayern, etc win without having an african playing players or an african who is very important to the team or plays a major part.
Napoli owner said he’s not signing any african playing players because of afcon (idk if he enforced it) and that if he does sign them they will have to sign a contract to not play in African competitions because of osimhen, especially since he always came back injured. De laurentis the business man. Jurgen klopp expressed his frustration on sala leaving for afcon. African media took offense. Barcelona got rid of frank kessie. Onana was hesitant to play for cameroon. He came later on purpose to the competition when they got eliminated in afcon. I understand the sentiment of african competitions to african people and that’s all they have. But it has become a nuisance with so many delays, moving the competition and playing while club competition is still going on. Theres rainy season and dry season. But afcon, the same tournament where the referee ended the match at 85 mins between mali and tunisia?
Pep guardiola always wins with non african playing players. He only gets south americans and european players, I saw that fact on sky sports. Now look at chelsea, a lot of african european players and they are doing well. When the last afcon came man city was the least affected. The most affected were the bottom teams which is where most nigerians play lmaoo. I remember seeing how forest lost half of its squad and that season they finished just above relegation. Now look at forest now, they changed their lineup. Look at Awoniyi. Hes a scrub and a bench player. Chris wood, a new zealand player is now the star of the team, he replaced Awoniyi. Other than Aina, most of the African players are on the bench like Willy Boly. Forest changed it up, now the starting team is mostly europeans and south americans. When top clubs are signing African players, it will be the european ones, france, uk, netherlands, etc. Forest had elenga who plays for sweden and hudson odoi who plays for england.
And then you will see countries like ghana and ivory Coast trying to get kobe mainoo and marc ghuie to switch allegiance after getting their first call up when they haven’t been watching them, only calling them when a european team calls them up. Teams want south american and european players because they play in the summer with their national team. If a team is trying to be on top of the table having a player that plays for Africa, they will get burned in the long run. The best thing to do is to get the most out of the player like have the contract end before afcon rolls up. Literally why players won’t switch allegiance to african countries, nothing good comes out of it when you are trying to have a successful club career. The only thing is making the african fans happy. But for europe, quality pitches, top care, seamless transportation and actually getting paid.
I was listening to a uk football podcast and the person who called up was tunisian. And he said he doesn’t like afcon, especially with the timing taking place. And how they should be cautious about giving mo salah a new contract (he later renewed for 2 years) because the next afcon is coming soon and he will miss at least a month away from the team where he is very vital.
Its one game, lets see if jaoa pedro continues. But after europe, south america specicially brazil is where a lot of european clubs are searching for the next best thing. Because brazil has a very good league, its not a surprise that fluminese made it far. The only edge for the european teams is…they have brazilians too lol. They literally have a channel where its all about brazilian players who are connected to a move to a european team in like its cnn. Brazil 1st tier league is ranked #6 after french league in global football league rankings.
shuma or shoemaker or wetin be youre name self –
“”Napoli owner said he’s not signing any african playing players because of afcon””
Yuh mean dis same Napoli wey de cry an beg say dem wan sign Lookman??? lool
Kai common sense nor common at all oo – you are de case in point lmao!
Well I nor fit blame yuh sha, na de world wide web (www) I blame wey allow agberos like yuh access to dey yan igbe upandan lmao!
Mumu man! lmao
@Shuma abi watin – yuh are a very very mumu man!
“”Napoli owner said he’s not signing any african playing players because of afcon””
Yuh mean dis same Napoli wey wan break dem neck sign Lookman by hook or crook??? Kaii!
Abi yuh dey talk off another Napoli ne? lmao
Kwasia!
So for youre own mind na, yuh don mek point ba?
Mumu man, yur hatred for Osi9 na hin mek you con here dey write useless essay abi?
Omo, dey play
Yuh wit youre frien mokey yash wunu go hexplain taya! lol
meanwillie Osimhen go dey go up up up lmao!
Abeg leave story find sonting wey mek sense do, nor be to dey con here con make noise yan nonsense!
Kwasia!