Gary Lineker hailed the performance last night from Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, who’s reportedly a player in Chelsea’s sights.
Osimhen, who’s having a sensational season, scored twice in Napoli’s 3-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night.
It means the Serie A leaders are now into the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League, where they could end up facing Chelsea.
Osimhen has 23 goals in 28 games this season for a Napoli side that are dominating domestically in Italy. They’re now going deep into the Champions League competition, too.
The 24-year-old scored a superb header against Frankfurt yesterday, as well as a poacher’s finish on the goal-line.
Lineker hailed the Champions League display this week from Napoli’s in-form striker.
“Two goals for the consistently impressive Victor Osimhen,” he wrote on Twitter.
His performances in Europe’s elite club competition will surely bring even more eyes on him.
The transfer rumour mill is already very busy regarding his future.
Journalist Florian Plettenberg claimed on Twitter this week that Chelsea are among the clubs to hold talks about signing Osimhen.
In our view, he would be the sort of statement addition this summer to completely reshape the attack at Stamford Bridge.
He’s a conventional No.9 who can score goals regularly. His overall game in terms of his physicality, pace and hold-up play is top notch as well.
It’s about time Chelsea properly fixed their striker position, and Osimhen could be the perfect player to do that. Blues supporters have thought this about several former players, though.
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