⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Stepstowealth]

They are probably concerned about the wages Osimhen will receive that could be the reason why Chelsea are hesitant.

Chelsea are still following up the situation, they still look interested, but maybe considering other options of strikers that they have on their watch list. Maybe that is the reason why there is a delay from Chelsea. I do not think the money is the problem for Chelsea, they can actually afford him, but they also do not want to buy him at once, they want to see if they can get him on loan with an option to buy, and Napoli want a permanent deal. If they are able to reach an agreement, Osimhen will move to Chelsea instead of PSG where there is already a big hype about him going.
https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2024-2025/chelsea-napoli-romelu-lukaku-victor-osimhen-transfers-kieran-mckenna-viktor-gyokeres-mikel-merino-arsenal_sto20023136/story.shtml

[TelolettOm]

The main problem currently that is making it difficult for Napoli to let go of Osimhen is that the price set by them is very high and for players who have only shown their best performance in the last 4 seasons of course that price doesn't make sense

Until now, there is still no good progres about the two, even the the current option swap deal for the purchase and sale of Osimhen and Lukaku, is not happening yet, its stuck. because after all, on the one hand, Napoli wants Lukaku but they can't do it as long as Osimhen is still at Napoli. While Osimhen is no longer on Napoli's player list, because Osimhen and Napoli's main target is his transfer from the club. Likewise with Chelsea who want to sell Lukaku and bring in Osimhen, but the very large fee makes the negotiations very complicated and there is no purchase decision from Chelsea because of the high price. And this is still stuck until now.

Source : https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818271003912683836?t=p9fagI0Md2AQTqihYsSogg&s=19

fake news always accompanies all existing rumors, especially this is a long-standing rumor. And there are parties who take advantage of this to gain profits. What an irony. I almost believed the news because there were indeed many media that rumored it and thought that it was a final deal. but indeed, as long as it has not been officially announced by both parties, or news from FabrizioRomano which is more accurate, then it would be much better not to rush to believe it. fake news is always a hot topic to talk about and unfortunately, even though there has been confirmation from FabrizioRomano, many media are still spread the news.

[alegotardo]

The main problem currently that is making it difficult for Napoli to let go of Osimhen is that the price set by them is very high and for players who have only shown their best performance in the last 4 seasons of course that price doesn't make sense

So, I read a very interesting rumor that Napoli would be interested in signing Lukaku permanently and on the other hand Chelsea would be looking for Osimhen on a loan with an option to buy.
But, I confess that the negotiation seems to be "a little far away", because while Chelsea are asking for 40 million euros, Napoli are willing to pay only 25 million euros in this negotiation.

I went to look for a statement of goals and assists between the two players, and found this:


Osimhen

• 2020/21: 10 goals and 3 assists in 30 games
• 2021/22: 18 goals and 2 assists in 32 games
• 2022/23: 31 goals and 4 assists in 39 games
• 2023/24: 17 goals and 3 assists in 32 games

Lukaku

• 2020/21: 30 goals and 11 assists in 44 games
• 2021/22: 15 goals and no assists in 44 games
• 2022/23: 14 goals and 7 assists in 37 games
• 2023/24: 21 goals and 4 assists in 47 games

[armanda90]

Napoli are asking for too much and that is why the deal has not progressed, Victor Osimhen has already personally agreed with PSG, but the clubs can't seem to agree and the deal might fall through soon. That being said, i don't know if Napoli are doing this, just to eventually sell the Nigerian to Saudi Arabia, because it looks like only the Saudis can afford their valuation of Victor Osimhen.

Napoli won't sell their player with lower transfer fees and waiting which one team will give more excited offer between PSG or Saudi Arabia club, but still do not know any interested for Victor Osimhen accepted offer from Saudi Arabia club behind has interested from top European teams PSG.
Napoli have started with the first pre season match after winning over Egnatia but there are not list name of Victor Osimhen in Napoli squad, seems strong indicate with Antonio Conte want to sell him after not including in his scheme and waiting release for signing Romelu Lukaku.

Not clearly the future club of Victor Osimhen will stay with Napoli but he will get difficult for regular position or joining PSG but waiting agreement deal between Napoli and PSG about fees transfer. But if want leave Napoli and joining with Saudi Arabia clubs seems easily because Napoli very interested to sell him there due higher fees transfer.

[KingsDen]

I went to look for a statement of goals and assists between the two players, and found this:


Osimhen

• 2020/21: 10 goals and 3 assists in 30 games
• 2021/22: 18 goals and 2 assists in 32 games
• 2022/23: 31 goals and 4 assists in 39 games
• 2023/24: 17 goals and 3 assists in 32 games

Lukaku

• 2020/21: 30 goals and 11 assists in 44 games
• 2021/22: 15 goals and no assists in 44 games
• 2022/23: 14 goals and 7 assists in 37 games
• 2023/24: 21 goals and 4 assists in 47 games

What is the essence of the statistics you dropped above? Is it to compare the both strikers, if so, I'll further simplify the statistics so that we can well analyse it.

Osimhen
133 games
76 goals
12 assists

Lukaku
172 games
80 goals
22 assists

From the above table, we can deduce that Osimhen scoring rate is higher than Lukaku, despite Lukaku playing higher number of games than Osimhen.

But Lukaku assist rate is higher than that of Osimhen, pointing that Lukaku works harder than Osimhen. I can attest that both of them are beast to defenders on their good days.
So, it is nice to say that both strikers are good for any club that wants them, be it Napoli or Chelsea. What will make the difference is how happy the players will be in the club they find themselves.

[klidex]

Source : https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818271003912683836?t=p9fagI0Md2AQTqihYsSogg&s=19

fake news always accompanies all existing rumors, especially this is a long-standing rumor. And there are parties who take advantage of this to gain profits. What an irony. I almost believed the news because there were indeed many media that rumored it and thought that it was a final deal. but indeed, as long as it has not been officially announced by both parties, or news from FabrizioRomano which is more accurate, then it would be much better not to rush to believe it. fake news is always a hot topic to talk about and unfortunately, even though there has been confirmation from FabrizioRomano, many media are still spread the news.

Therefore, do not easily believe rumors on social media because they are not completely valid, we must be good at filtering information that is truly reliable rather than being fooled by hoaxes, we just wait for the negotiations between Chelsea and Napoli, we will see their final decision in the near future if there is no movement, I think Napoli and Chelsea are firm with the players they have, Napoli is also still retaining Oshimen.

Not clearly the future club of Victor Osimhen will stay with Napoli but he will get difficult for regular position or joining PSG but waiting agreement deal between Napoli and PSG about fees transfer. But if want leave Napoli and joining with Saudi Arabia clubs seems easily because Napoli very interested to sell him there due higher fees transfer.

Although Victor Oshimen is not actually included in Antonio Conte's scheme, but if the club does not have a good striker like the coach wants (Lukaku), I think Oshimen will remain a regular player, there is no reason for the club not to include Oshimen in the starting 11 because Oshimen is their star player, it is too sadistic if they only think about profit by selling Oshimen's future to Saudi Arabia, I think the player also refuses to be there he still wants to pursue his dreams in Europe.

[Litzki1990]

In Barcelona, since Flick joined this team, they have been trying to hire players and they want to get the team improved. Dani Olmo is the player they wanted to hire this player for the next season.
His good performance in Leipzig made Barcelona send him an offer.
But it seems the offer was not good enough and Leipzig said they would let his god for 60 million euros while Barcelona wanted to give 45 million euros.

 

Dani Olmo is a young striker from the Spanish team who Barcelona are currently looking to sign for their club. The current market value of this player is not much considering his performance and skills but I don't understand why Barcelona would not want to buy this player for 60 million euros. However, if Barcelona offered the player 45 million euros as opposed to 60 million in Europe, the deal would likely be successful. If Dani Olmo's current club lowers his market value a bit and if Barcelona are interested in buying him for a little more money, then it will be seen that the price compromise has been made due to the sacrifices of the two and then the deal will be easier for Barcelona. Barcelona have sold several players this season and on the contrary they are trying to buy this player which looks like Barcelona are not out of the competition.

[Fiatless]

Napoli are looking to offload the Nigerian but with that price tag no club would want to pay due to how Osihmen didn’t perform well last season, they need to lower their asking price to actually get anything from him.

Napoli are asking for too much and that is why the deal has not progressed, Victor Osimhen has already personally agreed with PSG, but the clubs can't seem to agree and the deal might fall through soon. That being said, i don't know if Napoli are doing this, just to eventually sell the Nigerian to Saudi Arabia, because it looks like only the Saudis can afford their valuation of Victor Osimhen.

The Italian club is seeing the Nigerian striker as their biggest investment. The funds that will be realized will be used to buy more players before the transfer window closes. His performance was not as expected last season, which is why it is ideal for them to reduce the transfer fees. Victor Osimhen will never move to the Saudi Professional League at his age. He is at the peak of his career and needs to win more trophies. He would rather remain in Napoli and see off his contract. There are rumors about this young striker's future; I just hope he fixes and settles this transfer issue so that he can concentrate on his on-the-pitch performance.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Napoli are looking to offload the Nigerian but with that price tag no club would want to pay due to how Osihmen didn’t perform well last season, they need to lower their asking price to actually get anything from him.

Napoli are asking for too much and that is why the deal has not progressed, Victor Osimhen has already personally agreed with PSG, but the clubs can't seem to agree and the deal might fall through soon. That being said, i don't know if Napoli are doing this, just to eventually sell the Nigerian to Saudi Arabia, because it looks like only the Saudis can afford their valuation of Victor Osimhen.

Napoli has realized they are asking too much for Osimhen. They have announced a price cut. However, it is too late for Napoli to take such a decision considering PSG has lost interest in Osimhen. Also, they only want to pay €60 million for him. I think Napoli has no interest in selling Osimhen to PSG.

And this is why Napoli is now prioritizing the swap deal with Chelsea. It's impossible to sell Osimhen to the Saudi because Osimhen is never keen to join the Saudi Pro League. I know Saudi can afford his price, but it's very obvious Osimhen is gonna reject any offer that comes from Saudi.

A year ago, Osimhen has rejected Al hilal's offer.

[tusandii]

I went to look for a statement of goals and assists between the two players, and found this:


Osimhen

• 2020/21: 10 goals and 3 assists in 30 games
• 2021/22: 18 goals and 2 assists in 32 games
• 2022/23: 31 goals and 4 assists in 39 games
• 2023/24: 17 goals and 3 assists in 32 games

Lukaku

• 2020/21: 30 goals and 11 assists in 44 games
• 2021/22: 15 goals and no assists in 44 games
• 2022/23: 14 goals and 7 assists in 37 games
• 2023/24: 21 goals and 4 assists in 47 games

What is the essence of the statistics you dropped above? Is it to compare the both strikers, if so, I'll further simplify the statistics so that we can well analyse it.

Osimhen
133 games
76 goals
12 assists

Lukaku
172 games
80 goals
22 assists

From the above table, we can deduce that Osimhen scoring rate is higher than Lukaku, despite Lukaku playing higher number of games than Osimhen.

But Lukaku assist rate is higher than that of Osimhen, pointing that Lukaku works harder than Osimhen. I can attest that both of them are beast to defenders on their good days.
So, it is nice to say that both strikers are good for any club that wants them, be it Napoli or Chelsea. What will make the difference is how happy the players will be in the club they find themselves.

In my opinion, from these statistics we can see the difference in the achievements of the two players and I also agree with you if this is only about how comfortable the two players are to appear with each club that has them.
But that's not all for me, because it's not just the difference in statistics and how comfortable the two players are but also have to consider the age of these two players to get long-term contributions.

The older a football player is, his performance will certainly decline so Osimhen will be more superior than Lukaku and any club will definitely choose Osimhen.
Lukaku might also be an alternative but cannot be a long-term investment asset because his age is increasing and his selling value is decreasing.

From this conclusion, statistics may be considered but the age of a player will also be prioritized.

[doomloop]

Athletes are only productive when they get a contract at a club, by him not wanting to get or sign a contract, De Gea is wasting his life, imagine him being like this until he is 38, is he even getting the same value as Genoa is offering? i'm not sure. From the existing news, he has 3 contract offers, if one of them is not executed immediately, i don't know what else to say to De Gea, he can be said to be an arrogant player in terms of business.

De Gea still feels like a great goalkeeper, but age can affect his performance. De Gea demands for a large salary are unreasonable as he ages. Luckily there are still clubs in Europe like Genoa who compete in Serie A who want to use his services even though he was absent for a season. He has to lower his rates if he wants to get a club soon, if he wants to play for a bigger club, it is clearly impossible because he is already 33 years old. The three offers that came his way should be considered, he can still make money even if it is not according to what he wants rather than having to add another season to his rest period.

Few things are already mentioned but still he is not interested to lower his salary even he lost one season because in last season there were few offers but mostly were not able to give him salary as he was demanding now again we have same issue so most chance we will have no club for him in this season again he is not ready for the Saudi League where he can take this big salary.

Genoa is good club with they are in talk, but this all is just waste of time because in last season I was following De Gea for having any other club, but he rejected all offers because he was not interested in this, so deadlock is still on about his salary.

Now Genoa is set to sign former Tottenham goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini 29 year is set to join the club from Serie A rivals Atalanta and due to complete his medical today.

[Jatiluhung]

They are probably concerned about the wages Osimhen will receive that could be the reason why Chelsea are hesitant.

Chelsea are still following up the situation, they still look interested, but maybe considering other options of strikers that they have on their watch list. Maybe that is the reason why there is a delay from Chelsea. I do not think the money is the problem for Chelsea, they can actually afford him, but they also do not want to buy him at once, they want to see if they can get him on loan with an option to buy, and Napoli want a permanent deal. If they are able to reach an agreement, Osimhen will move to Chelsea instead of PSG where there is already a big hype about him going.
https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2024-2025/chelsea-napoli-romelu-lukaku-victor-osimhen-transfers-kieran-mckenna-viktor-gyokeres-mikel-merino-arsenal_sto20023136/story.shtml

If Osimhen doesn't find a new club that wants to buy him permanently in the current transfer market, then there is no choice for this player and also for Napoli for this player other than to keep him back or loan him out. But if Lukaku is brought in then Osimhen's role at Napoli certainly seems to be slightly shifted. Because Conte seems to prioritize Lukaku. So maybe Napoli should consider loaning out their mainstay player with a purchase option. But if Napoli don't bring in Lukaku then reusing Osimhen is the best thing.

[sana54210]

I understand that Osimhen situation will continue as a saga for a while longer, but Napoli has to start acting a bit quicker. There are many teams who want him, and that's a good thing for Napoli, they should be happy that they have so many teams who want Osimhen, but if they keep on asking more and more constantly and not lower the price tag a bit, eventually all of the teams will withdraw. Which will definitely piss off Osimhen, who will leave for free when his contract is over.

The smart decision would be getting the max they can, and sell him for the max offer they have, otherwise it makes no sense at all to keep him, because we all know that if he starts this season as Napoli player, he is going to hate the management and will be making a big scene out of all of this.

You do not want Mbappe type of situation in your hands, that would make things very hard for Napoli. They already decided they want Lukaku instead of Osimhen, who will leave. So just sell Osimhen for whatever, or Chelsea wants him too, so just make a trade, get like 100 million + Lukaku or something, or maybe a little less like 90 or so, it would still be good. I do not see how this situation benefits them to keep prolonging the transfer rumours.

[RaltcoinsB]

They are probably concerned about the wages Osimhen will receive that could be the reason why Chelsea are hesitant.

Chelsea are still following up the situation, they still look interested, but maybe considering other options of strikers that they have on their watch list. Maybe that is the reason why there is a delay from Chelsea. I do not think the money is the problem for Chelsea, they can actually afford him, but they also do not want to buy him at once, they want to see if they can get him on loan with an option to buy, and Napoli want a permanent deal. If they are able to reach an agreement, Osimhen will move to Chelsea instead of PSG where there is already a big hype about him going.
https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2024-2025/chelsea-napoli-romelu-lukaku-victor-osimhen-transfers-kieran-mckenna-viktor-gyokeres-mikel-merino-arsenal_sto20023136/story.shtml

Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are the two most serious teams interested in Osimhen. If he leaves Napoli this year, Osimhen will most likely go to one of these two teams. I would prefer him to play in the Premier League. The competition in the Premier League is really high. If Chelsea brings him to the team, he will be very strong in terms of attack. I believe he will make a lot of assists in the Premier League because he is a very strong player physically.

[reagansimms]

It is interesting to see COMO movements in the transfer market this time, after successfully being promoted to Serie A, they immediately hunted for quality players to improve the quality of their squad. The preparations made by COMO before the start of the new season have attracted a lot of attention from football fans, they have officially recruited Raphael Varane after failing to shine at Manchester United, besides that, there have been several other top players who have been successfully recruited such as Pepe Reina, Alberto Moreno, Andrea Belotti and Dossena.

It seems that COMO's head coach (Cesc Fabregas) is not satisfied with the players he has successfully brought in, he still wants a few more players as additional ammunition in his squad, Emile Audero (Sampdoria) and Kevin Diks (FC Copenhagen) are starting to enter Fabregas' radar. The breakthrough made by COMO is due to strong financial support from the club owner, they also want to continue to survive in the highest caste competition in Italy and hope to become a dark horse team there.

[Arenga pinnata]

If Osimhen doesn't find a new club that wants to buy him permanently in the current transfer market, then there is no choice for this player and also for Napoli for this player other than to keep him back or loan him out. But if Lukaku is brought in then Osimhen's role at Napoli certainly seems to be slightly shifted. Because Conte seems to prioritize Lukaku. So maybe Napoli should consider loaning out their mainstay player with a purchase option. But if Napoli don't bring in Lukaku then reusing Osimhen is the best thing.

I think loaning Osimhen out is a pretty bad option. Because instead of loaning him out, it would be better for Napoli to continue using this player if he is not sold in this transfer market. Because if Osimhen is able to contribute more, it is possible that next season every club will no longer hesitate to bring in this player. Or Napoli could also choose to let him go to PSG, who are ready to bring in this player permanently even though the price is below what Napoli wants. Even PSG also offered several of their players as additional players. So I feel like that's a better deal.

And it seems that the news regarding this lending option is also just hoax news. At least that's what I read from the latest news that passes by my window.
(Sourch: https://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2024/07/31/isu-pertukaran-lukaku-dan-osimhen-antara-chelsea-dan-napoli-akhirnya-terkawab-fans-pantas-kecewa?page=2)

[barisbilgili]

Napoli has realized they are asking too much for Osimhen. They have announced a price cut. However, it is too late for Napoli to take such a decision considering PSG has lost interest in Osimhen. Also, they only want to pay €60 million for him. I think Napoli has no interest in selling Osimhen to PSG.

And this is why Napoli is now prioritizing the swap deal with Chelsea. It's impossible to sell Osimhen to the Saudi because Osimhen is never keen to join the Saudi Pro League. I know Saudi can afford his price, but it's very obvious Osimhen is gonna reject any offer that comes from Saudi.

A year ago, Osimhen has rejected Al hilal's offer.

Osimhen is still quite young and his quality is still quite good so it is impossible for him to move to the Saudi Arabian team at this time, he still has a bright career future in the top European league.

Napoli's big mistake in management was from the start setting a price that was too expensive and an offer for Chelsea because they also have an interest because Napoli wants to bring in Lukaku so the possible agreement is an exchange between Napoli and Chelsea for Osimhen and Lukaku, it would be quite worth it in my opinion regardless of the costs that Chelsea will pay but these two teams do have to make that exchange.

[Barikui1]

In Barcelona, since Flick joined this team, they have been trying to hire players and they want to get the team improved. Dani Olmo is the player they wanted to hire this player for the next season.
His good performance in Leipzig made Barcelona send him an offer.
But it seems the offer was not good enough and Leipzig said they would let his god for 60 million euros while Barcelona wanted to give 45 million euros.

 

Dani Olmo is a young striker from the Spanish team who Barcelona are currently looking to sign for their club. The current market value of this player is not much considering his performance and skills but I don't understand why Barcelona would not want to buy this player for 60 million euros. However, if Barcelona offered the player 45 million euros as opposed to 60 million in Europe, the deal would likely be successful. If Dani Olmo's current club lowers his market value a bit and if Barcelona are interested in buying him for a little more money, then it will be seen that the price compromise has been made due to the sacrifices of the two and then the deal will be easier for Barcelona. Barcelona have sold several players this season and on the contrary they are trying to buy this player which looks like Barcelona are not out of the competition.

I just don't understand what Barcelona football club mean by most of their activities, do they expect RB Leipzig to give them the player for free? What nonsense, if they don't have the money to maintain their standard as a top club, they should just sell of all their top players and be contented as a mid table team, and they should try to cut their coat according to their size, at least it's better than this nonsense they are trying to do, by tapping up a player they know that they can't afford, haven't they looked at how atletico madrid have been managing their finance and still competing with the top teams?

I actually don't believe that Barcelona is that poor that they can't afford 60million euros on a single player that they need so badly, it's either they pay up, or just f**k off if they can't pay, because football right now Is mostly business.

[Farma]

I think loaning Osimhen out is a pretty bad option. Because instead of loaning him out, it would be better for Napoli to continue using this player if he is not sold in this transfer market. Because if Osimhen is able to contribute more, it is possible that next season every club will no longer hesitate to bring in this player. Or Napoli could also choose to let him go to PSG, who are ready to bring in this player permanently even though the price is below what Napoli wants. Even PSG also offered several of their players as additional players. So I feel like that's a better deal.

And it seems that the news regarding this lending option is also just hoax news. At least that's what I read from the latest news that passes by my window.
(Sourch: https://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2024/07/31/isu-pertukaran-lukaku-dan-osimhen-antara-chelsea-dan-napoli-akhirnya-terkawab-fans-pantas-kecewa?page=2)

Napoli cannot force Osimhen to stay because Osimhen is no longer interested in playing with Napoli, as happened last season, so it is indeed appropriate for Napoli management not to include Osimhen in the team next season.

The Osimhen sales drama is quite complicated now because of the high transfer fee constraints so that no team wants him, but I think Napoli management can still do several other options besides loaning him.

Negotiations with Chelsea regarding the exchange with Lukaku have not been completed, so I think there are still many possibilities that can happen in this Osimhen transfer.

[Jatiluhung]

.............

I think loaning Osimhen out is a pretty bad option. Because instead of loaning him out, it would be better for Napoli to continue using this player if he is not sold in this transfer market. Because if Osimhen is able to contribute more, it is possible that next season every club will no longer hesitate to bring in this player. Or Napoli could also choose to let him go to PSG, who are ready to bring in this player permanently even though the price is below what Napoli wants. Even PSG also offered several of their players as additional players. So I feel like that's a better deal.

And it seems that the news regarding this lending option is also just hoax news. At least that's what I read from the latest news that passes by my window.
(Sourch: https://banjarmasin.tribunnews.com/2024/07/31/isu-pertukaran-lukaku-dan-osimhen-antara-chelsea-dan-napoli-akhirnya-terkawab-fans-pantas-kecewa?page=2)

It seems you are right sir. Because I was also trying to find out about this problem and I also found a tweet from Fabrizio Romano who also discussed this problem which seemed to be just fake news. But news related to Osimhen always spreads quickly. And even now, many people still don't realize that this news is just fake news. I only realized it after you replied to me. This shows that Osimhen is indeed the focus of many people's attention. And when there is the latest update regarding Osimhen, it will immediately become the news that is most searched for and read by football fans who are following the current transfer market.

Reference:
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818271003912683836