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Victor Osimhen reflects on probable move amid Chelsea and Manchester United interest.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has acknowledged he would just “go with the flow” in regard to a potential summer move and leave his fate in the hands of club president Aurelio De Laurentiis.
The 24-year-old enjoyed the best season of his career in 2022–2023, scoring 26 goals in Serie A to help Napoli win their first championship since Diego Maradona played for the team in 1990. As a consequence, Osimhen won the Capocannoniere award for the league’s best scorer, and as the transfer window draws closer, both Manchester United and Chelsea are keeping an eye on him.
Osimhen is Chelsea’s top target for 2023, according to an earlier report, since the Blues are currently without a designated number nine player after Romelu Lukaku’s club-record return went sour. After Cristiano Ronaldo left in November, United are also looking for a striker.
Bayern Munich is another team keeping an eye on the talent, but any bidder would likely need to pay close to €150 million to match Napoli’s asking price.
“I don’t know, the president has to decide that,” Osimhen told DAZN on the subject of his future.
“I love the people of Napoli, they have shown me so much love. For me, I don’t mind, the president decides and I will just go with the flow.”
Discussing his own success this past season, Osimhen continued: “It’s amazing feeling for me, I won the scudetto, which is the most important thing in my career so far. I am grateful to God for this season, for my teammates, my family, for the Neapolitans and they deserve all of this.
“This season has been brilliant for me, my teammates and the Neapolitans. I think I’ve done so well this season and deserve every good thing I’ve got, but I feel motivated to do even more next season.”
“It won’t be difficult to keep our best players, we’re good with contracts – but never say never in case of crazy proposals. I think they will stay for long time,” De Laurentiis said when discussing the Napoli futures of both Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in February.
However, in early May, the president stated: “I will not sell Victor Osimhen this summer – no way!”