Arsenal have just taken an interest in the Chelsea target, Victor Osimhen. They earlier signed Declan Rice when Blues tried to get him for Chelsea. In the end, the English midfielder went to Arsenal. Chelsea missed Osimhen this summer.
This has proven to be a big mistake. After the summer transfer window, his price tag has dropped drastically. It gave an opportunity to other clubs to sign him permanently. According to PainintheArsenal, Osimhen will have a price tag around in the January transfer window £63.2m. That is why, Arsenal are trying to exploit this opportunity.
Osimhen Arsenal transfer rumour
For a long time, Osimhen has been linked with The West London club, Chelsea. Out of every club, it was most likely the best suitable destination for the Nigerian forward. But it didn’t happen and he ended up joining Galatasaray on loan.
And now, Arsenal have also emerged as an emerging destination of the Nigerian forward. Conversely, Nigerian international Osimhen is known as the Chelsea dream man up front. It was reportedly claimed that the African striker also feels a rapport for the English club as well.
Backup plan of Arsenal
Arsenal have already a number of shortlisted number nines in their repertoire. It includes Alexander isak, Dusan Vlahovic. Mikel Arteta believes that Dusan Vlahovic is the perefect alternative to Victor Osimhen. The price for Dusan Vlahovic reportedly comes in around £51 million. And it is quite lower than that of Osimhen and Isak. For all these reasons, Vlahovic is the most suitable option if the Osimhen deal collapses between Arsenal and Napoli.
We all know that Napoli are not good in negotiations. So, the Gunners need to be careful during the negotiation.
Whereas the valuation of Vlahovic might be on the side of the Gunners, they would find it a bit of a struggle in sealing the deal. Chelsea and Manchester United are set to do battle for the Serbian striker, but the twist in this transfer saga slightly is that Vlahovic will come second in the pecking order for the Blues. Of course, they would roll the dice all out in the January window for Victor Osimhen because that Nigerian forward is going to be their number one, and that’s going to be Arsenal’s advantage.
Recently, Osimhen has spoken out on his future and it says that he will stay in Galatasaray for a few seasons. That means he is most likely to stay in Galatasaray rather than moving to other clubs in the next days. It is a new twist in this transfer saga.
Stories behind the scenes
The Gunners are now ready to stretch their offer to £60 million for Vlahovic because Mikel Arteta is desperate to sign a striker in the upcoming days. Much going on in a lot of reports stating that Juve can sign RB Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko, only in case they could sell off Vlahovic first. We all know that every club wants to sign Benjamin Sesko because of his unique attributes.
There are a lot of complexities and uncountable possibilities in this deal. But one thing is sure, Arsenal and Chelsea will try to sign goalscoring number nines in the upcoming transfer window.
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