Retired Tremendous Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has revealed Victor Osimhen’s stance on his future as a summer season transfer beckons, Soccernet.ng stories.
Osimhen was linked with a transfer to Chelsea final summer season and tried to power a transfer, but it surely landed him in scorching water with Napoli. He ultimately joined Galatasaray on a season-long mortgage.
Regardless of becoming a member of the Turkish facet, the 25-year-old ahead has scored 19 objectives and offered 5 assists in 24 video games for Okan Buruk’s crew, throughout all competitions.
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Mikel, who has a detailed rapport with Osimhen, visited the 2023 CAF Participant of the 12 months winner in Istanbul, making an attempt to persuade the striker to maneuver to the Stamford Bridge when the summer season switch window opens.
“It’s all the time good to see these guys and see how they’re getting on. In fact, Victor has moved to Galatasaray, and he’s banging in objectives, doing what he is aware of easy methods to do greatest. So, it’s good to see how he’s settling him, and I’m nonetheless making an attempt to get him to attempt to come to the membership. I’m making an attempt to press my buttons and see if we will get issues achieved, hopefully, we by no means know,” the 2012 UEFA Champions League winner stated on the Obi One Podcast.
Alvaro Morata joined Galatasaray in the course of the January switch window. The Spanish ahead had a stint with Chelsea, but it surely didn’t end up effectively for the EURO 2024 winner.
The Blues splashed £60m to safe Morata’s companies from Actual Madrid in the summertime of 2017, however he ended up scoring 24 objectives and offering six assists in 72 video games throughout all competitions.
Now teammates with Osimhen, Mikel is relaxation assured Morata’s poor spell in London won’t have an effect on Osimhen’s determination this summer season.
“It didn’t go effectively for Morata on the membership, however I’m positive Victor is a brilliant man and he is aware of what’s good for him. Chelsea has all the time been his membership, his childhood membership and he’s come out brazenly to say he desires to play for them.
“His idol is Didier Drogba, he performs like him, they play the identical positions and he loves the way in which he performs. It’s fairly clear he desires Chelsea, however sadly, we couldn’t get the deal achieved in the summertime. I don’t suppose the door is shut utterly, however let’s wait and see what occurs when the switch window opens this summer season,” the 2013 AFCON winner concluded.
Chelsea wish to let Christopher Nkunku off their books when the summer season switch window opens, as they give the impression of being to usher in a high-profile striker of their bid to problem for titles subsequent season.
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