⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[GiftedMAN]

Chiesa to Liverpool isn't really that small business or news, it's a big deal and I think it is going to be quite important for Liverpool, to get someone so good for such a cheap price. I think the fact that Chiesa wanted to leave played a big role on this and I feel like he forced their hand to sell him, which made his price drop, because I believe that he is at least a 30-40 million player without a doubt, not someone who should be sold for 15 million.

I also wonder what could have transpired between this two teams that made them to sell Chiesa to Liverpool for such a low price. He is not a player to be sold for that amount, or does he have some kind of injury we’re unaware of for them to slash his price this much? This bring a lot of thoughts and doubts about this player for being sold at this price. He is a great player though, I hope he’s able to perform well for Liverpool and bring good results to them because they need to see his contributions in the team because of how good he was in his former club. Good deal for Liverpool, we hope to see a big change in the club.

Apart from the manager not including him in his first team list I don't think the player has an issue that made them to dispose him in a very low amount l, Juventus didn't talk about any injury issues of the player and the last time I checked Chiesa is still in good form to be sold in such a cheap amount so it could be some kind of hidden agreement between Liverpool and his former club Juventus that the media is not aware of or the two team has a swap deal that will take place later in the future.

Chiesa will need to adapt in the Liverpool team before we think of his performance in the team but in the main time I think it is a very good deal for Liverpool whom may end up making more money from the player.

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Looks Like Sancho to Chelsea will not be done, so it will be Manchester or Juvenuts at this point.
Juventus need to sell Kostic before getting him or to have a big discount on the salary of the player.

His salary is not adeguate for Serie A anymore.

[Stepstowealth]

There are a lot of uncertainties about Victor Osimhen transfer. It seems no club is focused on Victor Osimhen signature right now. Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli Saudi seems to be the only club who are serious about bidding for Osimhen. Victor Osimhen is only 25years old, he is too young to transition from Napoli which is a top club in the Serie A to the Saudi Pro League. Osimhen is in his prime and should not be concerned about making money at this time. His focus should be winning trophies and making a name for himself in football. People will forget his name if he moves to the Saudi Pro League. Chelsea wants to reduce Osimhen salary to £130,000 and Al-Ahli are offering a salary of £400,000 per week. I hope he makes the right decision.

The right decision will be any decision he takes. In Chelsea, there is still a possibility that he does not meet what s expected of him, and that could also affect his career. If Osimhen moves to Chelsea, it will just be out of love, love does not always win. Ivan Tooney is a target for Chelsea right now.

Newcastle have been frustrated by Crystal palace while trying to sign Marc Guehi the defender, they have abandoned the negotiations.

[SatoPrincess]

There are a lot of uncertainties about Victor Osimhen transfer. It seems no club is focused on Victor Osimhen signature right now. Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli Saudi seems to be the only club who are serious about bidding for Osimhen. Victor Osimhen is only 25years old, he is too young to transition from Napoli which is a top club in the Serie A to the Saudi Pro League. Osimhen is in his prime and should not be concerned about making money at this time. His focus should be winning trophies and making a name for himself in football. People will forget his name if he moves to the Saudi Pro League. Chelsea wants to reduce Osimhen salary to £130,000 and Al-Ahli are offering a salary of £400,000 per week. I hope he makes the right decision.

The right decision will be any decision he takes. In Chelsea, there is still a possibility that he does not meet what s expected of him, and that could also affect his career. If Osimhen moves to Chelsea, it will just be out of love, love does not always win. Ivan Tooney is a target for Chelsea right now.

I feel for Victor Osimhen because he is in a tight position right now. His time at Napoli is done. Antonio Conte no longer wants him at the club. Ivan Tooney wasn’t in the picture before now, I think Chelsea are trying to take advantage of the situation to sign Victor Osimhen on the cheap.

Chelsea are chasing away Romelu Lukaku and Raheem Sterling because of they are earning over 300k pounds. Todd Boehly is not concerned about performance, maintaining the wage structure is the only reason why Osimhen isn’t signed to the Blues right now. Reece James is on £250,000; Christopher Nkuku is earning £195,000; Wesley Fofana is earning £200k; Enzo Fernandez is on €180k; none of these players can bring the same results Victor Osimhen will bring to the club so why can’t Chelsea pay Osimhen 200k?

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Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

He will not get anything at Chelsea especially during the loan in Madrid Kepa also did not get a decent opportunity because of the extraordinary performance of Lunin so it is quite natural that he goes to a smaller club now.

Chelsea currently still has 6 goalkeepers and when looking at Kepa's situation then indeed he will not get anything even though there is a rotation of goalkeepers there so the wise choice is actually from Kepa and also Chelsea to let him go even though on loan because this can slightly reduce the burden for goalkeepers who are too many and of course the salary burden that Chelsea must bear.

Hopefully Kepa can return to his prime after being at a club whose level is slightly smaller because indeed if he is at Bournemouth at least there are many opportunities that he will have later.

[EL MOHA]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

An unusual career decline chosen by Kepa but it seems he also has no other choice but to join the mediocre EPL team and maybe he has also resigned himself to the current situation at Chelsea. Actually Kepa still hopes that Real Madrid will sign him again but considering Lunin's departure has not happened until now then his chances of returning to Los Blancos are gone.

With this at least Kepa will be Bournemouth's main mainstay for the goalkeeper position and that will help Bournemouth secure their goal from conceding many goals, especially if we remember Kepa is one of the goalkeepers with good reflexes.

First off Kepa didn’t have a great season at Real Madrid if you ask me, he rather had a mixed season with different performance, he was doing well from the start and then after few matches was out injured and that gave Andriy Lunin the opportunity he needed. Kepa long term Injury is seriously why he is not been scouted by any club now, he came back from injury and didn’t get to play again because Lunin was already having a great season and Courtios came back just in time, so this wasn’t that great season for him to be frank.

A move to Bournemouth is definitely a good move and will be much better than staying on the Chelsea’s bench, Enzo Maresca the new manager has said that the players banned from the team will remain like that and wouldn’t get any playing chance and that’s bad. At Bournemouth now Kepa has the chance to get more minutes and if he does well he Would still get bigger clubs coming back for him. Right now he still hasn’t past the prime due to his age so with good performance he could be on the roster of bigger clubs soon if he does well at Bournemouth

[TelolettOm]

Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

Wow, I never saw this coming, that victor osimhen will even contemplate on going to Saudi Arabia at this early stage of his career, though it's very obvious that if something like that happens, it's because right now his options is not that much, the likes of psg and arsenal have all dropped out of the race to acquire his services, so Chelsea right now is his only credible option in Europe, so if Chelsea and Napoli can't agree to a deal, then he has no choice than to consider moving to Saudi Arabia.

Of course, because previously, Osimhen said "NO" to go to the Saudi league. But since the transfer market will be closed soon, maybe their agent has no other choice.


Source: Chelsea have approached Napoli tonight to submit an official bid for Victor Osimhen.

And in the end, this news really made Chelsea a little more panicked to try to approach Osimhen again. In fact, Chelsea immediately contacted Napoli to also discuss Osimhen, including salary. And Al-Ahli just have to wait and see how the negotiations between Napoli and Chelsea go, if it fails, then Al-Ahli will immediately make a decision.

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Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

Wow, I never saw this coming, that victor osimhen will even contemplate on going to Saudi Arabia at this early stage of his career, though it's very obvious that if something like that happens, it's because right now his options is not that much, the likes of psg and arsenal have all dropped out of the race to acquire his services, so Chelsea right now is his only credible option in Europe, so if Chelsea and Napoli can't agree to a deal, then he has no choice than to consider moving to Saudi Arabia.

Of course, because previously, Osimhen said "NO" to go to the Saudi league. But since the transfer market will be closed soon, maybe their agent has no other choice.


Source: Chelsea have approached Napoli tonight to submit an official bid for Victor Osimhen.

And in the end, this news really made Chelsea a little more panicked to try to approach Osimhen again. In fact, Chelsea immediately contacted Napoli to also discuss Osimhen, including salary. And Al-Ahli just have to wait and see how the negotiations between Napoli and Chelsea go, if it fails, then Al-Ahli will immediately make a decision.

Chelsea reportedly has submitted an official offer to Napoli, with a loan option with the condition of a permanent purchase obligation next season. In addition, Napoli also plans to complete Lukaku transfer, I think a separate agreement will be reached if we refer to Osimhen desire not to leave Europe. In addition, we realize that this is the last day of the transfer market, there is no more time to relax in negotiations. If Chelsea redeems Osimhen release clause permanently, it seems that they have the potential to be subject to FFP sanctions, we realize that Enzo Maresca's squad has currently spent a lot of money to recruit players.

Meanwhile, Al Ahli, who are also participating in the competition to hunt for Osimhen signature, seem unlikely to succeed, even though they are offering a high salary. However, if the situation changes, they could recruit him from Napoli. The Saudi Pro League transfer market itself will only close on September 7, meaning Al Ahli has the time and opportunity to continue monitoring developments.

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Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

The only fact (not speculation) we have now is: Only Chelsea can stop Osimhen from going to Saudi Arabia.

We know that Victor Osimhen has always been a long-time desire of Arab football and with the recent offer of 65 million euros for the signing of the Nigerian player, it has become difficult for Napoli to say "no".

Although Napoli's board accepted the terms proposed by the Saudis, the offer did not please Osimhen only because the terms do not include a termination clause.

I still believe that Chelsea and their coffers full of euros can still keep Osimhen in Europe.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The right decision will be any decision he takes. In Chelsea, there is still a possibility that he does not meet what s expected of him, and that could also affect his career. If Osimhen moves to Chelsea, it will just be out of love, love does not always win. Ivan Tooney is a target for Chelsea right now.

Newcastle have been frustrated by Crystal palace while trying to sign Marc Guehi the defender, they have abandoned the negotiations.

Well, things are looking very good for Chelsea, I don't know but it seems that the outlook is very good for them, after having gone through some inconveniences, if this player joins them, it would be one of the best things that the club has achieved , he is one of the players that can get them out of that huge hole that they have been in for more than 3 seasons.


Chelsea’s management travel to Napoli to convince Victor Osimhen

According to a report by Fabrice Hawkins, Chelsea FC’s management are in Napoli attempting to convince Victor Osimhen (25) to join the club over Al-Ahli Saudi FC.

Osimhen has been a key target for Chelsea this summer with the striker being a priority for the London club. However, Hawkins has previously noted that they were facing a stumbling block in convincing him to make the swap.

The player is willing to move from Napoli to London but he’s reportedly not willing to cut his wage demands, and as things stood the striker was thought to be closer to joining Al Ahli. However, Chelsea are not yet willing to give up on a player who helped Napoli win their first Scudetto since the 1989/90 season.
PSG ruled out of the race for Victor Osimhen

Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly no longer part of the race for the striker. Osimhen was a more concrete target earlier in the window, with the Nigerian forward reportedly keen to make the move to the Parc des Princes

Source:https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/chelseas-management-travel-to-napoli-to-convince-victor-osimhen/

Personally, I believe that Osimhen can continue to shine in Europe, For me, it is not yet time for him to go to Saudi football. Therefore, this is something that can lead us to a good end with Osimhen still shining in Europe. Saudi football is very good and has a great level , but I believe that the Nigerian deserves to reap more triumphs in the old continent.

[Docnaster]

Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

Of course, because previously, Osimhen said "NO" to go to the Saudi league. But since the transfer market will be closed soon, maybe their agent has no other choice.


Source: Chelsea have approached Napoli tonight to submit an official bid for Victor Osimhen.

And in the end, this news really made Chelsea a little more panicked to try to approach Osimhen again. In fact, Chelsea immediately contacted Napoli to also discuss Osimhen, including salary. And Al-Ahli just have to wait and see how the negotiations between Napoli and Chelsea go, if it fails, then Al-Ahli will immediately make a decision.

To be honest, I'm now getting tired of the speculations and reports concerning the future of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. Since yesterday, numerous sports outlets have emerged with some suggesting that he's more likely to move to Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli because of the mouthwatering deal the club is offering while others suggests he'll chose Chelsea over a Saudi club since he'll want to remain in Europe.
With the news coming tonight that Chelsea have made an official bid, I think they're more likely to sign Osimhen and I'll be very happy to see that deal pull through

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Of course, because previously, Osimhen said "NO" to go to the Saudi league. But since the transfer market will be closed soon, maybe their agent has no other choice.


Source: Chelsea have approached Napoli tonight to submit an official bid for Victor Osimhen.

And in the end, this news really made Chelsea a little more panicked to try to approach Osimhen again. In fact, Chelsea immediately contacted Napoli to also discuss Osimhen, including salary. And Al-Ahli just have to wait and see how the negotiations between Napoli and Chelsea go, if it fails, then Al-Ahli will immediately make a decision.

The question is whether it is strategy by Osimhen or whether he really considers going to Saudi Arabia. It could be both, but the fact that he is bringing in a wealthy club makes his position of course better for negotiations. Chelsea knows snapping him won't be cheap and if I were Osimhen's agent, I would do the exact same thing.

However, agents pretty much don't care where their players go as they take a cut and that's it. If Osimhen were to sign a giant contract with Al Ahli, he wouldn't have to care anymore. But at the end of the day it would be another waste of a potentially great career as the Saudi Professional League still is miles and miles behind the European top leagues. There was so much talk about how the SPL could conquer the world of football, but I am not even reading much about Ronaldo anymore. So much buzz and the only ace their have up their sleeves still is the money, but that's it.

Every player growing up dreams about the Champions League, but certainly not about the King's cup in Saudi Arabia.

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Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

The only fact (not speculation) we have now is: Only Chelsea can stop Osimhen from going to Saudi Arabia.

We know that Victor Osimhen has always been a long-time desire of Arab football and with the recent offer of 65 million euros for the signing of the Nigerian player, it has become difficult for Napoli to say "no".

Although Napoli's board accepted the terms proposed by the Saudis, the offer did not please Osimhen only because the terms do not include a termination clause.

I still believe that Chelsea and their coffers full of euros can still keep Osimhen in Europe.

Although Chelsea is the only club that can stop him goes to the Saudi. But it will worth only if he is agreed to decreasing his wage. It's kinda crazy if Osimhen demands close to the his current wage at Napoli. I'll say no if he still demands more than 300k per a week. It will be burdening us.

The loan with obligation buy next year makes it so much easier to balance our books. It's also a sense offer. But if osimhen still demands big wage, and i hope we step away from him.

It's a joke to pay more than 300k a week for him.

[Josefjix]

Although Chelsea is the only club that can stop him goes to the Saudi. But it will worth only if he is agreed to decreasing his wage. It's kinda crazy if Osimhen demands close to the his current wage at Napoli. I'll say no if he still demands more than 300k per a week. It will be burdening us.

The loan with obligation buy next year makes it so much easier to balance our books. It's also a sense offer. But if osimhen still demands big wage, and i hope we step away from him.

It's a joke to pay more than 300k a week for him.

Saudi Arabia clubs doesn't give up because Victor Osimhen is nothing compared to other strikers, he's actively available and can comprehend tough games especially under pressure. The money table for Victor is huge and irresistible, it will omly take passion and courage for the Nigeria international to deny such a deal. On the other hand, the second party, Chelsea have plans for Victor Osimhen if he finally agreed the terms on the English side, it would be amazing because he gets to accomplish his dreams by playing for Chelsea.

Then again I ask myself this question, why haven't Victor Osimhen turned down Chelsea offer and move quickly to Saudi Arabia? Perhaps this is the main time for Victor Osimhen to thoroughly make his choice inother to secure his football career, for me it's a win-win for him, he accepts to move to Saudi Arabia, it's because of the money and if he actually moves to Chelsea, it's because of passion. At the end of the day, Victor Osimhen will make his choice which I consider to be best for him.

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Although Chelsea is the only club that can stop him goes to the Saudi. But it will worth only if he is agreed to decreasing his wage. It's kinda crazy if Osimhen demands close to the his current wage at Napoli. I'll say no if he still demands more than 300k per a week. It will be burdening us.

The loan with obligation buy next year makes it so much easier to balance our books. It's also a sense offer. But if osimhen still demands big wage, and i hope we step away from him.

Chelsea is his last resort to remain in Europe this season and the only way Chelsea might be able to get him is just through a loan with an option to buy and possibly meeting Napoli transfer fee demands.
I hope Chelsea won't be giving him a  weekly wage above 300k it is too much for us now, this will bring other issues to the club later on if any other stars what to sign/renew their contract with Chelsea.

It's a joke to pay more than 300k a week for him.

While he deserves such a wage for a player of his profile he knows Chelsea won't be able to give him this and I guessed the best he might be having here at Chelsea is the current weekly salary he earns at Napoli especially with his last season injuries records.

[LUCKMCFLY]

It will raise the level of awareness in the country and naturally they will get better.  But I don't think it will change their national team much in the near term.  It takes generations to change a culture and in sports increase awareness is the first step.  More amd more top players will go there because they are using government money to pay these salaries so they are playing with a loaded deck.

Well in Qatar they did a great job, Saudi Arabia beat the world champion, making many bettors lose thousands of millions of dollars who had obviously bet on an Argentina that is always seen as the favorite, of course this is seen that way because of Messi, Messi really is a world icon, but I think the improvement of the Saudi teams is a fact, not only because of the arrival of a CR7 there, they have been improving their level of football a lot and I like that, because the other countries that are always the best have to be careful of these teams that go to a World Cup and with many options to dream of winning the Cup.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Chelsea is his last resort to remain in Europe this season and the only way Chelsea might be able to get him is just through a loan with an option to buy and possibly meeting Napoli transfer fee demands.
I hope Chelsea won't be giving him a  weekly wage above 300k it is too much for us now, this will bring other issues to the club later on if any other stars what to sign/renew their contract with Chelsea.

Osimhen and his representative knows what they're doing, transfer deadline is today and if nothing positive happens and this deal collapse I believe the Saudi side is his next approach because if he stays at Napoli he won't even be considered as a Napoli player, reason being that Conte won't see him (Osimhen) as one he wants in his project and with Lukaku getting ready to get his debut for Napoli is like they're telling Osimhen "leave now or you're nothing to us", is left for him to decide if Chelsea is his last choice or going off Europe. As for the money Osimhen is demanding I think Chelsea can afford it after all the spend more on players who won't even kick the ball till the season comes to an end, they can still sell players to cover up.

While he deserves such a wage for a player of his profile he knows Chelsea won't be able to give him this and I guessed the best he might be having here at Chelsea is the current weekly salary he earns at Napoli especially with his last season injuries records.

He is demanding such amount because he knows what's at stake, Osimhen wants to be in control of this deal and he knows how desperate Chelsea wants a striker so he wants to call the shots, take a look at how the Chelsea's management are roaming around this deal while they have a second option which is Ivan Toney but they still prefer to soak themselves in this Osimhen's deal. That amount I believe is x2 of what they're paying him at Napoli, if I'm not mistaken so why can't Chelsea just pay and move on?🤔
The money is much but if it happens the pressure to deliver would be on him and I hate to say this, Osimhen is putting his career under massive pressure that's if Chelsea pays that amount to get him because much will be expected of him especially from the fans so is best to give him what he wants and let's see how he preforms.

[Polkeins]

Man, I still can't believe this, how is it possible that after a great season on loan at Real Madrid, Kepa has now joined Bournemouth.

An unusual career decline chosen by Kepa but it seems he also has no other choice but to join the mediocre EPL team and maybe he has also resigned himself to the current situation at Chelsea. Actually Kepa still hopes that Real Madrid will sign him again but considering Lunin's departure has not happened until now then his chances of returning to Los Blancos are gone.

With this at least Kepa will be Bournemouth's main mainstay for the goalkeeper position and that will help Bournemouth secure their goal from conceding many goals, especially if we remember Kepa is one of the goalkeepers with good reflexes.



Source: https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/status/1829066461534462195

Spending an entire season with Spanish and European champions does necessarily mean that Kepa Arrizabalaga will be signed to the Real Madrid club. He came back to Chelsea and saw that Robert Sanchez is now the club's first choice goalkeeper so he has no other option than to leave the club if he truly wants to get playing time. What I don't know now is if Bournemouth manager will make him the club's first choice goalkeeper but if he can achieve that, then I think it'll be a good move for Kepa.

Well I think that of course Kepa will be the main goalkeeper of Bournemouth because while the main goalkeeper is Neto who is already 35 years old and I think Bournemouth would rent a player like Kepa if they were not going to make him the main goalkeeper, because Kepa's salary is apparently big.
Of course Bournemouth is not the most titled club, but apparently there were no other adequate offers and Kepa decided that it would be better, besides he extended his contract with Chelsea for another year and apparently if he performs well in Bournemouth, he can return to Chelsea.

[Mr.right85]

Arsenal have submitted about £17m to Espanyol for their Goalkeeper Garcia. He’s likely the replacement for outgoing Aaron Ramsdale.

I think it is a good move. Raya can't be in goal in all competitions this season. A competent 2nd  choice is needed for emergency sake,
Injury, suspension, illness, family emergencies.

Being a second choice does not translate to playing any guaranteed match, but if there is need, Arteta will make available. And of course nobody will expect a highly rated keeper for that role since Arteta’s used to not changing his Goalkeeper, Raya.

They won the Golden Glove award last season because Arteta was bold enough to buy Raya and drop Ramsdale.
If this new goalkeeper will bring more steel and competition for Raya i don't have an issue, especially since it's Arteta requesting for such. I'm not with them in training so maybe he has seen something with Raya we don't know about. If Arteta wants him then I have no issue.

As an Arsenal fan, I wanted the team to keep Aron Ramsdel because he is good and he is reliable, but I understand that he is also a world-class goalkeeper that cannot stay in the bench for his football carer, so he need playing time which my coach Arteta didn't guarantee him and that is the reason he left the team.

This one too cannot have enough playing time because the Arsenal aim of winning title will never allow the coach to be gven chances for any player he is not sure of, so I will be expecting Arsenal to add some money if what they have already submited is been rejected.

Arsenal have shifted their attention to Bournemouth Goalkeeper, Neto. I think they have agreed a loan deal with him with no obligation to buy.
It is evident that this Arsenal team lack a concrete plan. Now, it seems they are just scrambling and grasping at whatever is available in the market.
I agree.
Now that Ramsdale is gone, I think with a Neto, they will get a figurehead experienced backup. Neto gets a low-pressure job and earns a decent wage.
They keep the money they got from Ramsdale sales. Win win for everybody.

[W Jr.]

Exclusive:
Latest news, Al-Ahli to Italy to do advance talks with Victor Osimhen.

Of course, because previously, Osimhen said "NO" to go to the Saudi league. But since the transfer market will be closed soon, maybe their agent has no other choice.


Source: Chelsea have approached Napoli tonight to submit an official bid for Victor Osimhen.

And in the end, this news really made Chelsea a little more panicked to try to approach Osimhen again. In fact, Chelsea immediately contacted Napoli to also discuss Osimhen, including salary. And Al-Ahli just have to wait and see how the negotiations between Napoli and Chelsea go, if it fails, then Al-Ahli will immediately make a decision.

To be honest, I'm now getting tired of the speculations and reports concerning the future of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. Since yesterday, numerous sports outlets have emerged with some suggesting that he's more likely to move to Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli because of the mouthwatering deal the club is offering while others suggests he'll chose Chelsea over a Saudi club since he'll want to remain in Europe.
With the news coming tonight that Chelsea have made an official bid, I think they're more likely to sign Osimhen and I'll be very happy to see that deal pull through

I think choosing between the two should be one of the hardest decisions for Osimhen. Osimhen is a quality striker but last year didn't go as expected. Despite that, he still scored a lot of goals. I think the astronomical fee the Saudi team will give him will confuse him. However, if the choice is between Chelsea and Saudi Arabia, I think Chelsea will be the reason. The Premier League will be a better match for him.