Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 419. (Read 849142 times)

Osimhen did performed well at the AFCON, but he wasn't have a perfect blend for team mates which will mean he may not be able to perform beyond the teams capacity, a typical example can be seen with Ronaldo who alone couldn't help Portugal get to win world cup of even having a very spectacular and brilliant performance in the Euro 2024, a single player cannot get his team delivered all the time if not provided with the necessary help he needs to perform optimally. In Napoli his first season was very awesome, then he got all the support but in the most recent season, there were issues surrounding his presence in that team and the need to leave became paramount which may have been a very paramount factor to why his performance dropped.

Therefore, I also find it strange that Conte is more interested in Lukaku, while if Conte keeps Osimhen then of course that will also be good for the long term because Osimhen age is certainly better than Lukaku. Indeed, Conte has his own views and assessments about Lukaku, but considering that other teams focus on building teams with young squads, but it seems that Conte is more interested in building teams with old squads. I don't care about Lukaku success with Conte in the past, because what is clear, the era or moment has changed and Conte also needs to build a Napoli squad for the long term, and not just hope for short-lived success but after that the team becomes destroyed.

Osimhen has been Napoli's mainstay all this time to destroy the defenses of all their opponents, it cannot be denied that Osimhen is one of the most important players and contributed greatly to Napoli winning the Scudetto in the 2022/23 season, but now he is a hot asset who continues to there has been speculation by the media about the issue of his move to another team in the summer,previously PSG stated that they were interested in bringing in Osimhen and Osimhen also openly stated his desire to move to another better team, but for some reason we haven't heard of an approach that is sufficient by PSG to serious recruiting Osimhen as a replacement for Mbappe next season.

I don't know what happened, but I think currently Osimhen fate at Napoli seems to have no clarity after Napoli also included him in one of the players list to sell, actually Osimhen has a lot of interest from big European teams but in the end the club one by one chose to withdraw after Napoli set a high price for osimhen, currently it is even reported that Osimhen will move to an Arab club after many European teams have withdrawn and strengthened with the issue that stated that Al Ahli ready to activated the osimhen release clause.

I'm not supporting Osimhen and I still don't know what's interesting about Lukaku, even though sometimes he plays well but sometimes he plays badly, why doesn't Conte keep Osimhen again in the new season to become a player who can be expected to bring new changes for Napoli again next season, we will never know in the Conte era the new season will come, who knows, Napoli will play as well as the previous season where they can get the Serie A trophy with good results. Conte must be able to save several other players so he can rotate players when there are injuries, of course he will not lack players on the front line if Osimhen is still at Napoli.  

I don't think Victor Osimhen is comfortable playing at Napoli anymore but for the fact that no team have been able to sign him implies that he's left with no option than to stay at Napoli possibly next season other clubs may come looking for him. Last season, Osimhen was not that consistent as he used to be due to some injuries the Nigerian striker suffered but he is still a tactical player that most teams will want to join their squad. He should just make up his mind at Napoli and make quality contributions to the team in that way he will become more visible for other clubs to find him worthy of signing, I'm not saying that he is not being impressive but for him to gain more recognition by other big teams that's the area am talking of.


I don't think Antonio Conte has any problem with Victor Osimhen so even if he brings in Romelu Lukaku it's still not a bad decision but I prefer Victor Osimhen to Lukaku because Osimhen is more of a tactical player than Lukaku.

Sassuolo is one of the clubs that we will not see again in Serie A next season, because they have to go to Serie B after they were unable to compete last season and made them relegated. They were only able to collect 30 points from the 38 matches they played last season, with statistics of 7 wins, 9 draws and 22 defeats. 30 points is not enough to make them survive in Serie A.

Usually they are in the middle of the standings, but last season their decline was very drastic and they had to struggle at the bottom of the standings and in the end they were unable to save themselves in order to survive in the highest caste of Italian football. It's quite unfortunate to see that they have been in Serie A for 11 years. Now they have to fight again next season to be promoted to Serie A again. Supporters must be disappointed, but they must continue to provide support in Serie B.

If Napoli loses Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia both this summer then I will have second thoughts about them even though they have Conte now. Because this would mean a huge power loss in the attacking line. 

Let's say this happened. Then they should leave it to Conte to find the right players to fill their places. Napoli needs to be careful with maintaining squad quality. They already won a Serie A title with the current one and they wouldn't like to make big changes in it too.

For now I still see Inter at top being far away from the others. I feel like Napoli and Juventus will be more competitive. I hope to see the same from Milan and Roma too. Especially Roma considering how much they have struggled for top four in the recent years.

25 years old Nigerian international is surely still have great potential to give his best with his skills and quality and Napoli is surely wanting to keep him or let go with the price which is determined by the Napoli president but sadly right now no club is having enough sources to spend this amount because they are feeling due to poor performance in last season things can go wrong for them as well even he is still first choice for the Antonio Conte, but he is not insisting for his stay which is interesting.

We have few offers for him from the Premier League clubs, but these were not as Napoli were having target so they rejected these with this now most chances we will have Osimhen here at the Napoli for another club which could be interesting, and we can expect good performance at the top from this club which will create good competition for the title.

Osimhen was happy to play at Napoli when Spalletti was the coach, he was the one who managed to reveal Osimhen’s full potential, and with his departure everything returned to its previous place. De Laurentiis is asking too much for Osimhen, so no one is ready to buy him for that kind of money, we are talking about 120 million, this is too much, for example, Bayern bought Kane cheaper, and I think there is a difference between these forwards.

However, this will also be based on the coach's needs, because what I know is that their new coach currently wants Lukaku to be part of Napoli. Maybe that is what ultimately became the consideration for Napoli to release Osimhen in this transfer market. In fact, many teams are interested in this player, but Napoli's price has discouraged teams from trying to approach him. Now, if it is true that they are ready to negotiate with the team that wants to recruit him, then many proposals will come in to make an offer.
It might be a bit of a shame if they have to let Osimhen go, because this player is a player who has good abilities and is still young too. However, this is something that is normal in football, even big stars who are labeled as living legends for a team end up leaving because of the situation of the team or because there is a tempting offer and they agree to let the player go.

We also do not merely make Osimhen a benchmark for the strength of his country, that this is not just about Osimhen but from the unity of this team, whether they are able to compete or not even though Osimhen did not appear brilliantly to bring Nigeria, of course it is not Osimhen's fault but indeed that their competitors are tougher only compared to Nigeria who only expect Osimhen to perform well of course all players are involved in bad results for Nigeria.

Actually, Osimhen's rent could continue to skyrocket if he is really trained by the right person like Conte, although we do not yet know how far Osimhen will be when trained by Conte next season, whether he will show something positive or otherwise because the competition has not started so we can't just guess or predict, so it's better if we just wait for his proof to become a sharp player or his performance will decline.

All this is a shame that Napoli wants to get rid of this great player, I know that Italian teams are going through very difficult situations but I think that the way is not to sell a star like him, of course one thing is what we speculate and another very Different is what they are living, but it is a shame, for me Osimhen needs to expand his career, he is a very good player and can do things very well, he will always be a great player, for me the one that needs him the most is Chelsea, Liverpool, they are teams that I know will take advantage of him very well and will take the best out of him and in turn he will be more famous, that is what a player like this needs.

Actually, it wouldn't be too bad for Napoli if the team still had to use Osimhen's services next season, because after all, Osimhen was also Napoli's mainstay striker last season and also the season before so Antonio Conte also needs to realize that Osimhen is not a bad player for Napoli. Even though Antonio Conte's desire to bring Lukaku into the Napoli squad will not be a bad decision as long as he himself can be sure to train him well at Napoli. Because basically Napoli also really wants the team to revive next season after their poor performance last season.

If I remember correctly Marko Arnautovic is a player who played for Bologna as a striker and wasn't bad at all.
Bologna now finds itself without a coach and without its best striker, I don't see the Emilian team doing well from this point of view. We will see.

So far, Osimhen's future is certain to remain at Napoli because no team is serious about asking for him at a price that is too high. It is true that there are teams that want Osimhen's services, including several teams from the EPL, but so far there has been no concrete decision regarding this desire. That way, it is certain that Osimhen will stay at Napoli and Osimhen will even play in pre-season.

Even though Antonio Conte himself is reportedly willing to let Osimhen go to another team, perhaps it is because the striker does not suit his strategy that he insists on bringing in Lukaku.

Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia were a very dangerous duo on Napoli front line last season, the chemistry that was created between the two of course made them complement each other in playing for Napoli victory in every match, currently it is widely rumored that osimhen are close to a move to other teams, so this will indeed make the front line by Napoli is less stable in next season, the two players actually have differences in loyalty towards Napoli at the moment, because Osimhen prefers to leave while Kvaratskhelia actually chooses to stay at Napoli even though it is reported that there are several big teams who want to recruit him this summer.

Conte, who is really interested in signing Lukaku, is of course a signal that Napoli no longer needs Osimhen, so it is very likely that there will be an agreement in the future regarding Osimhen future at Napoli, to be honest, I actually think that selling Osimhen is a mistake, because it will be difficult to create chemistry between Kvaratskhelia and other players in the future, but of course we also have to respect the decisions that will be taken by Osimhen and Napoli later, but what makes me curious about what is Kvaratskhelia agent said about Osimhen choice to leave and made the two of them involved in a heated dispute on social media, Kvaratskhelia agent said: Osimhen will go to Arabia this summer even though he is the highest paid player at Napoli.

Isn't only tied to the performance of his club Napoli alone, but also tied to his individual performances in both the country and in the club side as well, because during the African Cup of  nation , many fans and supporters believed/expected Osimhen to have done incredibly well in that competition and help Nigeria in lifting the trophy, but he performed way far below expectations and couldn't help Nigeria out in the nation's cup competition, I believe that helped drop his rating and market value.

Inter Milan is still a tough challenge for other teams such as Ac Milan or Juventus which were able to rank quite well in the past season. Of course, because they have managed to lead the previous standings, that doesn't mean they have to relax, of course they have to get even better in the coming season because the competition will be even tighter, especially with Juventus recruiting a new coach who might make them even stronger. This new tactic will be implemented by Thiag Motta. What Inter Milan is doing is recruiting new players, of course it is to improve their game, which even though it is already good, what you say is true, what they are doing is not wrong, because they will definitely continue to improve their performance to become even stronger.
I think they recruit players who are relatively cheaper because they already have quality players so they don't really chase players who have expensive prices. Apart from that, I don't think Simone Inzaghi is without reason why he recruits players who have low value, maybe he has the idea that these players can be talented if they are under his care so he doesn't look for players whose talent is already very visible and who have a higher price value.

Honestly, Juventus needs more quality players to add and strengthen the performance of their squad. It has been noticed all the while that the squad is not fully of quality players that can fight better for trophies. Let's just imagine what really happened last season: Juventus started early in the season strong, but during the middle of the season, their performance started declining even without their key players suffering from injuries. That is a sign that the Juventus squad is not good enough to fight for trophies. So, it is a very good idea if the coach can make some changes in the team to improve their performance and enable them to fight more for trophies. It has been a while since Juventus won the Serie A competition trophy.


I don't think Napoli is that interested in selling Osimhen. If they were, the price wouldn't be so high. They've also noticed that Osimhen's performances have declined. It's not that Osimhen isn't still good, but he can be signed for that amount. The truth is he didn't get as much hype as he did two seasons ago when they won the Serie A league. In fact, I think what really caused the decline in Osimhen's performances is that their team didn't do better last season. Just imagine if they had done better and finished the season in second position in the Serie A competition; the hype would be more than this, and clubs would be much more interested in Osimhen.

Kvaratskhelia seemed to lose half of his soul when Osimhen experienced this misfortune and it's natural that we didn't see the good play from these two players as usual last season. Even Kvaratkhelia was sometimes confused because he didn't have a duet partner to lead the attack early and the results weren't optimal at all.

The problem is that from the start, Osimhen didn't feel at home, but it's strange why he extended his contract in the winter at the beginning of this year if in the end he wanted to leave. It is possible that the coach's reasons could be a strong factor in his move and if Antonio Conte can convince him to stay and prepare a mature strategy then we can see the Napoli duo feasting on goals and assists as usual. However, before that, Napoli must really improve other positions such as midfielder and defender because currently they are still lacking enough to compete with other teams.