Chelsea are going to have to pay more than £100m if they want to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
That is according to journalist Dean Jones, who has been speaking to GiveMeSport.
Chelsea seem to be on the lookout for a new centre-forward and Victor Osimhen appears to be one option for them.
90min has reported that Chelsea are monitoring his situation at Napoli amid a bit of tension between the player and club.
The Serie A outfit recently posted a video making fun of the 24-year-old on TikTok that did not go down well with him or his agent.
Over £100m for Victor Osimhen
If Chelsea are going to sign Osimhen, he is not going to be cheap.
On how much he could cost, Jones said: “He’s still got a long time on his contract, and we’ve seen some big figures bandied around in terms of what it’s going to take to sign him. It’s certainly going to be £100million upwards. Chelsea have looked at him before and that link is bound to resurface now.”
£100m striker
In this current market, it would not be far-fetched for Napoli to ask for more than £100m for Osimhen.
The Nigerian, who has been described as a “fantastic player” by his former manager Luciano Spalletti, is easily one of the top No.9s in the world right now.
He scored 26 goals in 32 league appearances last season to help Napoli win the Serie A title.
When midfielders like Moises Caicedo and Declan Rice are going for £100m, of course Aurelio De Laurentiis is well within his rights to demand a similar fee for a match-winner like Osimhen.
We are not saying that the Nigeria international is worth that amount or money or that Chelsea should pay that. But that is how the market is right now.
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