Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has confirmed that Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen will leave the Italian club this summer.
According to De Laurentiis, Osimhen will join either “Real Madrid, PSG, or some Premier League team.”
Nigeria reports that the Nigerian striker has been linked with an exit from the Serie A champions for months, despite signing a new contract with a release clause valued at around £113 million ($144 million). dollars) in December.
However, Aurelio De Laurentiis has shown that the 25-year-old will head to a new destination once this campaign is over.
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The club’s President, while addressing newsmen on Friday, said: “We knew it since last summer, the negotiations for his [Osimhen] renewal have been long and friendly for that reason, we knew perfectly that he will go to Real Madrid, PSG or some Premier League team.”
Recall that Osimhen joined Napoli from Lille in 2020 for a club-record fee of €70 million (£59.8m), rising to €80m (£68.35m) with add-ons.
Since then, he has scored 67 goals in 119 games, 31 of them last season, and helped the club win its first Serie A title in 33 years in 2023.
He is likely to go down as a club legend and his departure will provide a huge financial boost for The Blues.
When he joined, he was a big talent and now he is arguably one of the best strikers in the world.