Chelsea are making Victor Osimhen their prime striker goal for summer season 2024 and are set to proceed talks with the Napoli ahead’s entourage within the coming weeks, CaughtOffside understands.
Though the Nigeria worldwide is totally targeted on Napoli for now and a January transfer by no means appeared possible for him, the scenario is anticipated to vary in the summertime, and Chelsea have been placing within the leg work to make sure they are often on the entrance of the queue for his signature.
The Blues produce other strikers in thoughts as they give the impression of being to strengthen what has been an issue for Mauricio Pochettino’s aspect this season – a dependable goal-scorer to guide the road and assist put away the top quality possibilities the remainder of the staff are creating.
Sources with a detailed understanding of the scenario at Stamford Bridge have knowledgeable CaughtOffside that Pochettino has been pushing for extra expertise in his squad after relying so closely on younger and inconsistent forwards like Nicolas Jackson and Armando Broja, and there will likely be intensive efforts to persuade Osimhen to affix.
In the meanwhile, Chelsea haven’t had any direct contact with Napoli, however that’s anticipated to come back later within the yr if private phrases don’t show a problem. A protracted negotiation with the Serie A giants can also be not anticipated because of the participant’s €130million launch clause.
If Chelsea can’t safe the signing of the prolific 25-year-old, they produce other options they may look to, similar to Dusan Vlahovic, Victor Boniface, Viktor Gyokeres, and Evan Ferguson, CaughtOffside understands.
Nothing concrete has but taken place with these gamers as Chelsea have made Osimhen a transparent precedence, however Vlahovic has been proposed to the west Londoners by intermediaries, whereas there are key figures on the membership who’re additionally nicely knowledgeable on Gyokeres, Boniface and Ferguson.
Osimhen is thought to have had an enormous proposal on the desk from Saudi Professional League membership Al Hilal final summer season, although it’s now wanting unlikely that he would take up the choice to maneuver there if the chance have been to come back up once more this yr.