Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has agreed to a cope with Turkish aspect Galatasaray and can depart Napoli on mortgage for the present 2024-25 season. Osimhen is now set to hitch Galatasaray till subsequent summer time, after the Turkish workforce agreed to cowl Osimhen’s wage for the upcoming yr. Napoli and Galatasaray have agreed on a free mortgage deal, with no purchase choice included within the settlement. On the similar time, Napoli and Osimhen decreased the present launch clause to €75 million with the membership’s choice to increase the deal till 2027.
The Italian workforce was not capable of promote Osimhen through the 2024 summer time switch window. Regardless of agreeing on a brand new deal till summer time 2026 final December, Osimhen determined he wished to half methods with Napoli this summer time. The Italian membership agreed to let him depart, additionally contemplating he has a €135 million launch clause within the contract, however the participant wasn’t been capable of finding a brand new workforce. Napoli’s new supervisor Antonio Conte instantly understood the state of affairs and pressured Napoli to signal striker Romelu Lukaku earlier than promoting Osimhen.
Regardless of the switch window deadline approaching, Napoli weren’t capable of finding an settlement with any membership, regardless of the pursuits and the gives coming from Al-Ahli and Chelsea specifically. The Azzurri, after the tip of the window, could not settle for to have Osimhen within the roster however not accessible for choice, because the membership excluded him from the Serie A listing.
The Nigerian was left with out many decisions and Galatasaray emerged within the final hours because the strongest candidate, because the Turkish switch window was nonetheless open. Osimhen is now set to depart Napoli for one season, till the Azzurri will be capable to discover an settlement with one other workforce in the summertime 2025. The Osimhen saga is over, for now no less than.
