Napoli striker Victor Osimhen options prominently on Paris Saint-Germain’s switch shortlist after Kylian Mbappe knowledgeable the membership of his intention to go away this summer season.
Mbappe’s contract expires in June 2024 and he’s set to go away the Parc des Princes as a free agent on the finish of the present season.
Nigeria worldwide Osimhen, 24, has emerged as a number one candidate to interchange Mbappe at PSG, with the membership weighing up a switch method this summer season.
Osimhen joined Napoli from Lille in 2020 and has scored 67 objectives in 119 appearances for the Italian membership.
The Nigerian was instrumental in Napoli’s first Serie A title in 33 years final season, netting 26 occasions in 32 league appearances.
Osimhen started his profession at German membership Wolfsburg, earlier than spending the 2018-19 marketing campaign on mortgage at Belgian membership Charleroi and becoming a member of Lille on a everlasting deal the next season.
The striker scored 18 objectives in his sole marketing campaign at Lille earlier than becoming a member of Napoli in a club-record price of €70million probably rising to €80m with add-ons.
Luis Campos, who works as a soccer advisor at PSG with a job within the membership’s switch recruitment, beforehand signed Osimhen for Lille.
Napoli membership president Aurelio de Laurentiis has beforehand sanctioned the switch exits of strikers Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi to PSG, whereas midfielder Fabian Ruiz moved to the French capital membership from Napoli in 2022.
PSG are well-stocked in attacking positions, having signed strikers Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani final summer season, whereas additionally including vast forwards Ousmane Dembele and Marco Asensio from Barcelona and Actual Madrid respectively, with Bradley Barcola additionally becoming a member of from Lyon.
(Elianton/Mondadori Portfolio by way of Getty Photographs)
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