Osimhen's future has been decided! He is going to Galatasaray on a loan deal.
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1830617240758284610I still can't believe how this is happening right now. But it is.
As he couldn't reach an agreement with Al-Ahli, this was the only option left for him. Otherwise he was going to be left out of squad for certain.
I really appreciate Galatasaray on this agreement. It is a very smart move. They were criticized because of not being active enough in the transfer market this summer. But now they are about to make a really huge signing...
Osimhen looks happy in Galatasaray and the fans are happy to receive him. Tbh I was worried Osimhen wouldn't play until January and at the last moment even suggested he took the Saudi deal. Galatasaray isn’t what I wanted but at this shows his commitment to wanting to play football in Europe. It is not just about the money for Osimhen, if it was he would have taken the semi-retirement deal to play in the Saudi Pro. Playing at Galatasaray will keep him visible in Europe and keep the interest of big clubs in acquiring his signature.
Yea, you are very much correct on this mate, it's not really all about the money for Victor Osimhen, he actually wanted the Chelsea deal to happen, but the salary that was been offered to him was too poor comparing to what he is earning in Napoli, so he took it as an insult for a player of his quality.
Though Napoli was the cause of all this, because the ridiculous amount of money that was placed on him, even when they knew that no club would be willing to pay such amount on him, and another greedy thing that they did that collapse the Al Ahli deal was that, they were still demanding more money even when the deal was closed to completion, that was the major reason that deal never went through.
So in essence, what am trying to say is that, the actual plan for Victor Osimhen was to stay in Europe, and play in a top team in Europe top five leagues, but Napoli screwed everything up with reasons best known to them, so I believe that it's very much certain that Victor Osimhen will get a better moved after this current loan spell at Galatasaray due to the one year contract extension he just sign yesterday with a much lower release clause, which I believe that most top teams will be willing to pay, unlike the former.