Man Utd will prioritize signing Victor Osimhen in January
manchester united They are reportedly prioritizing signing Victor Osimhen in the upcoming January window, according to a Spanish outlet. Transfers.
After joining Napoli from LOSC Lille in 2020, the Nigerian showed impressive performances in Serie A and even helped them win the Scudetto title in the 2022/23 season.
Although the Azzurri endured a terrible campaign last season, the 25-year-old demonstrated his goalscoring prowess, contributing 18 goals in 22 league starts.
Osimhen attracted a lot of attention last summer and Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea made a concrete approach to sign him. However, neither club managed to close a deal for him.
Despite Osimhen's contribution at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, his relationship with Napoli completely broke down, so he did not remain at the club and Galatasaray ultimately opted to secure his loan service last summer.
Osimhen to Manchester United
The striker has been in good form for Cimbom so far this season, scoring 10 goals and registering four assists in 13 appearances in the Turkish top flight and the european league. He even helped his team win Tottenham Hotspur in the European second division competition by scoring a double.
Now, Transfers They claim that Osimhen could leave Galatasaray in January and Manchester United are prioritizing his signing. But the Red Devils are not the only club interested in him, as Juventus and PSG are also interested in signing him. Napoli are willing to offload the African for a fee of around £62m.
Man Utd have been struggling with their goalscoring problems of late and their two centre-forwards Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee has struggled to show his best at Old Trafford.
Therefore, acquiring a proven centre-forward like Osimhen could help Ruben Amorim solve United's goalscoring problem. However, it will be interesting to see if the record first division The champions finally make a concrete decision to sign the Nigerian international in the upcoming winter window.
Meanwhile, after consecutive losses against Arsenal and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Man Utd are currently 13th in the league with 19 points from 15 games.
They will now face Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League midweek before going head to head against city of manchester in the Premier League next weekend.
