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I don't think there's any chance of that happening at all and there are probably already agreements in place, whatever happens like last time when Mbappe changed his mind at the last minute. Regarding Barcelona, I think they will not give away the players they need, otherwise by that logic you can sell the whole squad and close the club to pay off debts

This season I've come to watch him go against two of the top sides in the history of La Liga and he did well funny enough. Against Real Madrid and Antonio Rudiger came online to talk about his strength on the pitch. Against Barcelona during the first leg, he was able to salvage a point out of the game for Napoli. Last season he was also highest goal scorer for Napoli as he was able to score twenty six goals for Napoli to help them win the Scudetto Tittle Competition. Thanks also to the togetherness and good management of Spalleti.

Chelsea I believe is the best destination for the Nigerian International. Both Didier Drogba and John Mikel Obi are both fighting to see that he becomes the next man leading the Chelsea squad and attack.

Manchester United? These people are not serious about winning right, and Osimhen wouldn't be taken seriously as they barely give them chances. He shouldn't think it's f Manchester United though I know it's actually his boyhood club as a kiddo. Gunner's would be nothing but perfect, I will love to see him go there too because they lack a natural striker and he could offer them that.

Its not easily to predict about Victor Osimhen future will play for Premier League teams or he will accept offer from PSG or any La Liga teams interested for signing him. Depend on how much salary payment offer for each teams are interested for him and how much transfer fees release by Napoli filtering the higher bid offer will be prioritize to acceptable.
Indeed have several Premier League teams such as Chelsea and Manchester United are interested for signing Victor Osimhen but both of teams not give official bid offer. Actually Napoli will prefer with teams want to pay more excited fees transfer and I think Manchester United get difficult with spending much money fro fees transfer and more close opportunity with PSG has higher bid offer exactly their position after leaving by Mbappe.

When one succeeds he gets the praises because he’s doing what he’s hired for and when he fails he gets the criticisms because he’s not making the fans and board happy. A club performing poorly could lose quite a lot in terms of investments and partnerships. This season Juventus were under fire at a point this season and that caused a lot of criticisms, the team and one big characteristics of a good manager is changing the face of the team when it’s in her dying stage and that was what Allegri did and many started seeing them as one team that could pose a threat to Inter Milan.

 Well the party is over already and now Juventus have had some poor results which wasn’t expected though but they’re a football team and football is a game. I think the fans should take it easy as they don’t expect to have great results match in and out as this same Allegri have also won for them the Scudetto and they should know that the league is quite competitive and other teams also want to shine. Spaletti is said to be one of the huge favorites to replace Allegri and I think that’s not a great option right now though except he’s mentally ready.

 Spaletti together with Osimhen was responsible for handing Napoli to her major trophy in over 30 years of waiting. Yes he can do same with Juventus but the club also must be ready to spend on the purchase of players. Allegri time at the club is up and I think what he can try to do is to help the club finish 2nd and I think he would get the applauds but will still leave. Juventus should be wary of rushing to get a replacement else they might be forced to search for Allegri again when the need arises.

Speculation about Osimhen has been going on since last season but in fact at that time no team had indeed managed to sign Osimhen, and even Osimhen who has been a mainstay of Napoli since signing from Lille in 2020 has now confirmed his loyalty to Napoli by extending his contract until 2026 at the last December, so how can we be sure if Osimhen will leave Napoli next season?

Indeed, it may happen if next season Napoli fail to qualify for the Champions League but even so it will be impossible for Napoli to sell their mainstay players to other teams, because we can see how important Osimhen is for Napoli so far and when Osimhen played in the Africa Cup of Nations a few months ago it was very noticeable if their performance dropped dramatically due to no attackers who were able to be a differentiator like Osimhen in the front line and the return of Osimhen made Napoli Now also bounced back with his sharpness in scoring goals, Napoli has the strength to defend Osimhen from other clubs, but if there are other clubs who dare to break Osimhen release clause next season worth 130 million euros, of course Napoli can't do anything and inevitably have to let Osimhen go.

Liverpool closing on Xabi Alonso as Jurgen Klopp replacement, the only issue the Reds might face, is Xabi Alonso going to give them greenlight? Xabi Alonso is among the promising coach that can move to manage any elite team in the European world of football. He doesn't stress much, rather he becomes very ambitious when it comes to the tasks at hand, ensuring he's doing everything within his reach to make his club a formidable one. Bayer Leverkusen pattern of football have changed and this is amazing thing for the club and the supporters.

Victor Osimhen is one player that's shown that he can actually succeed in any of the top clubs in Europe if he finally gets a chance to play in any of them and considering his records since he joined his current club Napoli, I think he'll surely make a good signing for any of the top clubs in England so I think it'll be a good move for any of the top English Premier League clubs to go for his services at the end of the current season.

Rumor already has is that some of the top English Premier League  clubs are already trying to secure his signature. Some of the rumoured clubs are Chelsea, Manchester United and even Arsenal football club and for someone that's been following the English Premier League, I think joining any of Chelsea or Manchester United will definitely be a bad move for the Nigeria striker. Chelsea in the last two seasons have been absolutely awful and so is Manchester United and that's why I would suggest he joins Mikel Arteta's Arsenal who have been doing well in the last few seasons especially in the English Premier League. Again, with Chelsea and Manchester United, playing in the UEFA Champions League competition will likely not be possible for Victor Osimhen so it'll be better he joins Arsenal who will definitely guarantee him European Cup football

Right now it's Bayern Munich or nothing, going to Liverpool I think would be too early right now, he should gain more experience and try to also win the Champions League Competition with Bayern Munich only if he finally gets to sign up as them manager for the next season. The Premier League Competition is one tough place right now, I'm afraid they'll not be able to back up the manager, he'll have to work we ith the players left by Jurgen Klopp.

For Thomas Tuchel, I'd say that the standards of Bayern Munich from Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick are not the same with Julian Nagelsmann towards his last few days with the club and the same I could say for Thomas Tuchel as manager of Bayern Munich. He also has bad relationship with players too quick and results to a fight in the dressing room. He should leave for good. I've seen he has interest managing Manchester United. But not a pretty good idea.

I am more interested when Osimhem joins the English league compared to other leagues because if he is able to maintain the best playing form then in the English league it will be easier for him to achieve the best career. Chelsea is not at all a good place for him to come to now because the club's condition is very unstable and vice versa with Man United, but compared to Chelsea Man United is much better for Osimhem. If there were other clubs interested, maybe I would agree that he would be better off playing there, but so far not many clubs are willing to pay Osimhem a high price.

If players prioritize money then PSG is the place because there they can get everything like Mbappe, but talking about individual careers it is completely difficult for them to achieve this because PSG is only able to dominate the local league. If a player wants to have the best career then he must consider joining a certain club because if they are wrong they will actually bury their dreams of achieving the best career.

Here I am also having same feeling about this because we all know he is new and just going to end his season with first title and Premier League is surely never been easy with too many quality coaches and clubs which is also never been easy to handle, and he needs more experience and maturity before jumping here for the competition with coach like Pepe Guardiola which is at the top and few others are also giving good.

But one thing is sure in coming years we will have Xabi Alonso here and most chances he could be joined none other than Liverpool because this is challenging job, and he needs to be done this for the best of his career currently staying into farmers league is surely good, and surely he will also learn good from their which will help him in the future.

In my opinion, he should study and see about players who join Paris Saint Germain, indeed if we talk about money, Paris Saint Germain can pay him more than any other club. However, if we talk about career, I would not include Paris Saint Germain as a club that can make a player's career better. Let's see what happened to Mbappe after joining Paris Saint Germain. Indeed, he got many privileges, but he couldn't get anything special in his career, even though players would definitely want that.

Chelsea is not very good at the moment, so it is quite risky for Osimhen, Manchester United is also the same, but Manchester United is slightly better than Chelsea. If there is another club that is better and interested in him, I think he should consider that. The reason is that the situation of a club sometimes also influences a player's performance, unless the player can be at a very good level of stability, that might actually be what can take the club in an even better direction. But I haven't seen that from Osimhen.

Now as we are having Bayer Leverkusen as the titleholder for this season things are taking too much intention about the future of the Bayern Munich because they are feeling not good while any team stand against them in Bundesliga even we all know currently talking about this is surely not ideal because we are still having three months with 10 matches remaining in this season while mostly are trying to focus on their performance until end of this season, so I am surely we will have Xabi Alonso still here at Bayer Leverkusen for one more year because he is going to enter into new experience with them with winning the Bundesliga and entry into Champions League.

But as mentioned if Bayern Munich is surely going to steal this could be really setback for the Bayer Leverkusen which need more time from Xabi Alonso as they are underdevelopment and this can give them good quality and consistency which will help them in long run for the doing good against giant Bayern Munich.

Manchester United and PSG are more interested in signing Osimhen from Napoli, with PSG seemingly much more in need of a striker to complement Mbappe's transfer to either Real Madrid or unlikely Arsenal as rumours would have it.

Arsenal in the meantime will be keen on signing Barcelona's duo Raphinha and Ferran Torres. Barca are in need of financial support and wouldn't hesitate to sell off these and some of its players to aid its financial problems.
If they get to sign these players, I have strong doubt about Mbappe being signed to the gunners camp.

According to some reports, Bayern Munich has more advantage in signing Xabi Alonso than Liverpool. There are also reports that Bayer Leverkusen has given the Spanish midfielder the green light to negotiate since there is a clause in his contract that permits that. We have not had any response from Xabi who has the ambition to win the Bundesliga the first time in the club's 120-year history and also lead his current club to the Champions League.


Based on my evaluation Thomas Tuchel didn't have a bad season with Bayern Munich. They might be ten points below the league leader but there are still chances for them to recover lost ground. Even if they come second in the league that's not a bad performance. The club has also qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals which is a commendable feat. Maybe the club's management expected more from the German but his contribution fell short of their expectations.

Chelsea or Manchester United? my answer is PSG.

Even both Chelsea and Manchester United afford to buy out Osimhen, but they need to pay his high salary too, so this is why I say PSG is more realistic. PSG can buy out him and able to pay high salary.

It just depend on Osimhen decision, will he want to play for career or play for money.

It's quite surprising to put Liverpool in the mediocre team category. Because as far as I know, that term is more suitable for a team that is bad enough that it has never even touched a trophy at all. So it is not right if Liverpool is called a mediocre team, there are many factors in its reputation and its existence in the EPL is no longer in doubt.

Agree to say that if Man United were owned by very rich people who were loyal to the club's interests, it would be better than now. The problem is that the 25% shares that Sir Jim got are still not enough, because Glazer does not intend to give them up completely.

Chelsea, as you said, are not properly managed and are wasting money by buying low quality players.

The problem is that up until now he has been pushing himself too hard.
We can see how many players from the Netherlands or from the Eredivisie competition Ten Hag brought in but it didn't end with good results.
Werghorst, Van De Beek or maybe a player who came from the Dutch competition like Antony who had a special affinity with Ten Hag in the end did not go well until now.

We know that Dutch players or players from domestic competitions there sometimes have good games and that is a fact that cannot be separated from it, it just depends on coaching management and compatibility with a club as well in the end because after all in this case we must be aware that even if a very good player is brought by Manchester United but there is no match with the club or with other players forever it will not go well and in the end Ten Hag must know that so that what they do is just throwing money away without giving the results that are really worthy of the club.

I have the same viewed with you about Xabi Alonso's future better to be Liverpool manager than Bayern Munich, he was unbeaten until 33 matches all competition in Bundesliga and he know not really gap competitive between one team and the other team how easily Bundesliga got label as farmer league. I think right choose when accepting Liverpool offering for replacing Jurgen Klopp position and feel how excited and competitive with Premier League.
Have drastically difference atmosphere between Premier League and Bundesliga how to see with all teams can't defend the 100% winning ratio, difference with Bundesliga so far Bayern Leverkusen easily how to manage top position standings and Xabi Alonso can't get any defeated yet until reach 33 matches all competition.

If they actually want to get to Victor Osimhen, they will have to spend a lot of money.

And I agree with what they are saying in this article. Both Chelsea and Manchester United have spent a lot of money recently.
So even if they have the ability to spend a lot of money, they might not be able to follow the financial fair play rule.

You know a lot of clubs are actually ready to spend a lot of money for him. So it might be a problem for them.
But to mean the bigger question is that, is he actually willing to go to Chelsea or Manchester United?

Source: https://www.afrik-foot.com/en-ng/osimhen-transfer-news-why-united-and-chelsea-might-miss-out-on-super-eagles-forward

I totally agree with you, getting players from the same country is not the only way to create chemistry within the team, there are many other ways and that's what a coach should have. But right now I see that Erik Ten Hag doesn't have any other way to build chemistry, I think that's one of Ten Hag's shortcomings. I understand that every coach has their own way, and they must also have criteria for the players they like. But don't let that make him forget other things that can also be done to build a good team.
If this is indeed a very effective way, why do we still see many national teams that do not have good chemistry, even though the players are citizens of the country? I'm not going to say Erik Ten Hag's way is the wrong way, but I mean it would be better if he was more open to everything and didn't just impose something that he believes in. I think coaches should have that kind of openness so that they don't make the team rigid, which is not good for the team.