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[Alonso_]

Arsenal would have signed Victor Osimhen last season from Napoli when Victor Osimhen was looking for a club that would sign him so that he could revive his career but Arsenal rejected him because they believed Gyokeres was a better striker and would score more goals than Victor Osimhen but now that Gyokeres couldn't give Arsenal what they were expecting from him they want to go for Victor Osimhen. If I were Victor Osimhen, I will never accept to play for Arsenal, I will rather stay at Galatasaray than playing for Arsenal and if I want to leave Galatasaray to another club I will sign for any Saudi club where I can earn a lot of money.

His pattern of playing diggers from Arsenal’s style of play, and I think he also will not join Arsenal as he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal; so when they didn’t go for him, he now went back to where he is now; Arsenal is never in fault for not signing him.

However, I don’t expect Osimhen to accept the offer either, unless if he is keen to play in the premier league because Arsenal have Gyokeres now, they will surely not want to go for striker again until they sell Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.

Furthermore, I was seeing some news back the. About Arsenal’s interest in signing Julian Alvarez, I think they will prefer him than Osimhen especially as Arsenal’s counter attack is not working, they still rely on wingers which are not good enough to lead the team. Odegard need to be completely replaced before Arsenal’s striker will function.

Victor Osimhen is one type of player that doesn't have one particular style of play, he just needs a good midfielders who could feed him with good passes in the 18 yard box if his opponent for him to score goals for his club, so I believe he will do wonderfully well in Arsenal if he agrees to join Arsenal, and even though he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal, if Arsenal go for him in the summer transfer window he will sign for Arsenal.

I don’t see how Arsenal are going to possibly sigh Osimhen it’s just what we call a rumor and it’s absolutely impossible, I don’t like hearing such rumors, we all know that Osimhen isn’t going to leave Galatasaray for any other team right now, because he feels at home there because of the money that he is being paid, likewise now Arsenal or Chelsea aren’t going to pay him that wage currently, unless he would agree to take a pay cut but I feel it’s absolutely impossible for Osimhen to take a pay cut just because he wants to move to the Premier League, he previously had the opportunity but he didn’t take the opportunity.

[Iamgoat]

Victor Osimhen is one type of player that doesn't have one particular style of play, he just needs a good midfielders who could feed him with good passes in the 18 yard box if his opponent for him to score goals for his club, so I believe he will do wonderfully well in Arsenal if he agrees to join Arsenal, and even though he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal, if Arsenal go for him in the summer transfer window he will sign for Arsenal.

Osimhen is a highly versatile player and he is a player which is so committed to his own career and looking forward to growing as a person. If he can make the right decisions for himself as far as his career is concerned, in no time, Osimhen will be a household name  in the Europe. If you claim you are a good player and someone who wants to build a strong and laudable political career, he will be able to get bigger and higher in his football career. Whatever it is, I want him to start looking outside and taking bolder steps so he can appear as a star which he is in the European leagues and the world at large.

[snipie]

Since the very first time I saw this rumor by someone who posted it on the transfer speculation thread, I ignored it because I knew it's another big rumor. Arsenal is not looking forward to sign any striker neither, did Osimhen have plans of playing in Arsenal.

I was the one posted it there and since it is a Nigerian Player, I decided to bring it here for people to see. And I don't know of you read my comment there. At first I saw the news or rye information on social media and I googled it and the information was on many news websites and online news platforms, if you doubted it, you would have personally make some research about it. And I also said "if it is true", meaning it was not certain.

I don't want to turn that thread to a topic about Arsenal and its transfer but if names written there are uncertain, in reality Arsenal is looking to reinforce the team and the attack line in particular with many names and forwarders. Among these names there is Viktor Gyokeres, Julian Alvarez, Mika Godts, and Elliot Anderson.
For Osimhen, nothing is official yet so we have to wait until the end of league

[Jegileman]

Victor Osimhen is one type of player that doesn't have one particular style of play, he just needs a good midfielders who could feed him with good passes in the 18 yard box if his opponent for him to score goals for his club, so I believe he will do wonderfully well in Arsenal if he agrees to join Arsenal, and even though he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal, if Arsenal go for him in the summer transfer window he will sign for Arsenal.

Going for any of the two teams now will make him still have a good career, he knows better where will suit him best when the offers come running after him. But to my own assumption, he would rather go to a team where he’ll have more playing time which is Chelsea in particular at this point. At least Arsenal has a striker that is currently doing not so bad and they also have a reserve striker whose impact is also felt on the field when substituted in, so he’ll have lesser chance of more playing time there unless they sell one of them. Osimehn is not a second choice striker if he’s to be playing for any team, so I feel Chelsea is the place he’ll be placed on high priority to be their main striker. Whatever the case maybe, he’ll still have a very good career in any of these teams and he’ll chose best where he’ll have a good record with at the end of his career there.

[BIT-BENDER]

Arsenal would have signed Victor Osimhen last season from Napoli when Victor Osimhen was looking for a club that would sign him so that he could revive his career but Arsenal rejected him because they believed Gyokeres was a better striker and would score more goals than Victor Osimhen but now that Gyokeres couldn't give Arsenal what they were expecting from him they want to go for Victor Osimhen. If I were Victor Osimhen, I will never accept to play for Arsenal, I will rather stay at Galatasaray than playing for Arsenal and if I want to leave Galatasaray to another club I will sign for any Saudi club where I can earn a lot of money.

His pattern of playing diggers from Arsenal’s style of play, and I think he also will not join Arsenal as he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal; so when they didn’t go for him, he now went back to where he is now; Arsenal is never in fault for not signing him.

However, I don’t expect Osimhen to accept the offer either, unless if he is keen to play in the premier league because Arsenal have Gyokeres now, they will surely not want to go for striker again until they sell Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.

Furthermore, I was seeing some news back the. About Arsenal’s interest in signing Julian Alvarez, I think they will prefer him than Osimhen especially as Arsenal’s counter attack is not working, they still rely on wingers which are not good enough to lead the team. Odegard need to be completely replaced before Arsenal’s striker will function.

Victor Osimhen is one type of player that doesn't have one particular style of play, he just needs a good midfielders who could feed him with good passes in the 18 yard box if his opponent for him to score goals for his club, so I believe he will do wonderfully well in Arsenal if he agrees to join Arsenal, and even though he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal, if Arsenal go for him in the summer transfer window he will sign for Arsenal.

I agree with you on that Victor osimhen is a very versatile type of number nine, he is good with his head and both feet, he is strong to take on any defender, he has good positioning in the box and his decisions mostly lead to goals, he presses too when his team aren't in the position of the ball.
I don't think he fits well with Arsenal, most strikers don't fit well with this Arsenal, the depend on set pieces or outside the ball strike, Barcelona is a better place for Osimhen.

[Dunamisx]

Osimhen is a highly versatile player and he is a player which is so committed to his own career and looking forward to growing as a person. If he can make the right decisions for himself as far as his career is concerned, in no time, Osimhen will be a household name  in the Europe.

To be sincere, Victor Osimhen has been doing well in his career and this does not limit him to any continent as long as you can have the avenue to display his potential, I like his pattern of playing and how he has been more dedicated to is career which has laid him to where he is as of today, and I still have the conviction that he is going more better than this because of his relentless effort in playing as a continuous to be one of the most demanded player any team could sort out for.

[Mayor of ogba]

I don’t see how Arsenal are going to possibly sigh Osimhen it’s just what we call a rumor and it’s absolutely impossible, I don’t like hearing such rumors, we all know that Osimhen isn’t going to leave Galatasaray for any other team right now, because he feels at home there because of the money that he is being paid, likewise now Arsenal or Chelsea aren’t going to pay him that wage currently, unless he would agree to take a pay cut but I feel it’s absolutely impossible for Osimhen to take a pay cut just because he wants to move to the Premier League, he previously had the opportunity but he didn’t take the opportunity.

Since Arsenal are yet to bid for Victor Osimhen or declare interest on Victor Osimhen, I agree with you it's a rumour that Arsenal wants to sign Victor Osimhen, but if you believe Victor Osimhen won't leave Galatasaray for any other team at the moment because of the money he's currently earning at Galatasaray you might be wrong, because Victor Osimhen will surely agree a personal terms that's better than the one he agreed with Galatasaray if Arsenal wants to sign him in the next summer transfer window.

[Salahmu]

I don’t see how Arsenal are going to possibly sigh Osimhen it’s just what we call a rumor and it’s absolutely impossible, I don’t like hearing such rumors, we all know that Osimhen isn’t going to leave Galatasaray for any other team right now, because he feels at home there because of the money that he is being paid, likewise now Arsenal or Chelsea aren’t going to pay him that wage currently, unless he would agree to take a pay cut but I feel it’s absolutely impossible for Osimhen to take a pay cut just because he wants to move to the Premier League, he previously had the opportunity but he didn’t take the opportunity.

Even if it has now appeared to be false rumor about Osimhen but you shouldn't say is impossible for Arsenal to sign him because if such move were to be something he likes regardless of being in another club he would accept it based on something he wanted but unfortunately this whole moving has become a lie to joke with the love of people in Victor Osimhen, is unfortunate we have been feeding and discussing excitement for days about the Nigerian star to be moved to Arsenal but unknowing for us that it was never something the Arsenal coach or management has  said about him this season.

[IjawMan]

I don't want to turn that thread to a topic about Arsenal and its transfer but if names written there are uncertain, in reality Arsenal is looking to reinforce the team and the attack line in particular with many names and forwarders. Among these names there is Viktor Gyokeres, Julian Alvarez, Mika Godts, and Elliot Anderson.
For Osimhen, nothing is official yet so we have to wait until the end of league

When I saw Viktor Gyokeres among the attacking options Arsenal want to strengthen their team with, I was confused at first, cause Viktor Gyokeres is already in their team, but I will take it as a mistake from your end.

What Arsenal need is an attacker that can deliver like 20 goals a season minimum, and Victor osimhen fits in that profile, he is the type of player they should be going for this summer transfer window.

[SatoPrincess]

What Arsenal need is an attacker that can deliver like 20 goals a season minimum, and Victor osimhen fits in that profile, he is the type of player they should be going for this summer transfer window.

Everyone will agree that Osimhen can turn Arsenal’s fortunes around, the challenge here is whether Arsenal can afford Osimhen’s transfer fee and wages. Galatasaray spent a fortune to bring Osimhen from Napoli, he’s doing great at the club and they love him there. If they are going to let him go to another club, it has to be a huge amount, at least enough to make a profit.

[Fiatless]

I don't want to turn that thread to a topic about Arsenal and its transfer but if names written there are uncertain, in reality Arsenal is looking to reinforce the team and the attack line in particular with many names and forwarders. Among these names there is Viktor Gyokeres, Julian Alvarez, Mika Godts, and Elliot Anderson.
For Osimhen, nothing is official yet so we have to wait until the end of league

It is reported that Atletico Madrid might want as high as 130million pounds for Julián Álvarez. I don't know if Arsenal would be able to offer such an amount. Elliot Anderson is a midfielder and not a striker, so he is not in the race for number nine. Mika Godts is cheap, but the Ajax player is a winger. Viktor Gyokeres is already an Arsenal player, so he shouldn't have been on the list. Chelsea tried last season to sign the Nigerian and failed. Maybe Arsenal wants to give it a try, let's see how it will unfold.

[Wakate]

Sure it would be a smart move, but then again I think that the challenges that Arsenal are facing isn't only from their forward, they are also  lacking good defensive prowess...So while they are doing everything possible to improve their attack, they should also do the same for their midfield as well as their defense, so that everything will be more balanced. Just imagine Oshimen joins his other Nigerian bros- Saka, Eze, and Madueke, that would just be so cool, I surely would love that...

I think Arsenal is trying now than before and when they are always trying to win match having a off and on ability to successfully win matches. Thing is changing gradually and we could see Arsenal winning any of the league this season.
They have really gone through a lot of hard times without any award and they can do it this time.

[Rruchi man]

Maybe Arsenal wants to give it a try, let's see how it will unfold.

The news of Osimhen joining Arsenal is because Bertha was spotted in the Galatasaray game, but he could have been there for other reasons, maybe another player, not Osimhen.

But I like to imagine for a moment how Arsenal's attack with Osimhen and Gyokeres will be; the competition between the two players will be one we (Arsenal) will benefit a lot from.

If Osimhen is signed to Arsenal, it will remind us of the time Kanu was signed to Arsenal and went on to be a big figure there.

[letteredhub]

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[Can’t blame Mikel Obi for using his platform to promote Osimhen as the best striker for Chelsea, too bad Todd Boehly and the sporting directors didn’t think it was worth the fee. IMO Oshimhen only have a couple of years to be at his peak, and it’s a waste of talent to spend those years in a club that’s not going to win champions league.

Well, that's your opinion anyway but as for me I would still insist that Mikel Obi didn't try enough in convincing the Chelsea owner and directors to see reasons why they need a prolific striker like Victor Osimhen which would have probably taken the team to bigger stage and suited spot than what Chelsea are currently positioned in the EPL and are at risk of not having a European place in the coming season.  Victor Osimhen's move wasn't about the club that was with the tendency of winning the UCL but was about saving himself from the disgrace that Napoli was about putting him into at that time when Galatasaray came all out to fish him from Italy when no club was willing to pay for the offered fee.

[Barikui1]

I don't want to turn that thread to a topic about Arsenal and its transfer but if names written there are uncertain, in reality Arsenal is looking to reinforce the team and the attack line in particular with many names and forwarders. Among these names there is Viktor Gyokeres, Julian Alvarez, Mika Godts, and Elliot Anderson.
For Osimhen, nothing is official yet so we have to wait until the end of league

It is reported that Atletico Madrid might want as high as 130million pounds for Julián Álvarez. I don't know if Arsenal would be able to offer such an amount. Elliot Anderson is a midfielder and not a striker, so he is not in the race for number nine. Mika Godts is cheap, but the Ajax player is a winger. Viktor Gyokeres is already an Arsenal player, so he shouldn't have been on the list. Chelsea tried last season to sign the Nigerian and failed. Maybe Arsenal wants to give it a try, let's see how it will unfold.

It will really be a tough challenge in pricing victor osimhen away from Galatasaray because the player loves the club and the fans loves him, and it's a club he felt at home, so it would take an extra ordinary effort from arsenal to price him away from the club because they wouldn't want to entertain any offer for his signature.
Though in football anything can happen, so we can never be too sure, but with how instrumental and important Victor osimhen is to Galatasaray, I don't think they will want to cash in on him this summer transfer window.

[abaeze]

Victor Osimhen is one type of player that doesn't have one particular style of play, he just needs a good midfielders who could feed him with good passes in the 18 yard box if his opponent for him to score goals for his club, so I believe he will do wonderfully well in Arsenal if he agrees to join Arsenal, and even though he prefer Chelsea over Arsenal, if Arsenal go for him in the summer transfer window he will sign for Arsenal.

Osimhen is a highly versatile player and he is a player which is so committed to his own career and looking forward to growing as a person. If he can make the right decisions for himself as far as his career is concerned, in no time, Osimhen will be a household name  in the Europe. If you claim you are a good player and someone who wants to build a strong and laudable political career, he will be able to get bigger and higher in his football career. Whatever it is, I want him to start looking outside and taking bolder steps so he can appear as a star which he is in the European leagues and the world at large.

That's right, he played a big role in winning Serie A in 2022-23 while playing for Italian club Napoli and was the league's top scorer in that season. So I think Victor Osimhen, with his hard work and talent, will try his best to maintain his position as an important player in the Nigerian national team, as he has maintained in Europe. Many say that he does not have a special style of play, but if someone watches his game regularly, they will see that he can run very fast, is physically strong and is very good at heading and overall, his instinct to score goals is very good. So as a player who has these qualities, he is undoubtedly a good performer.

[Mayor of ogba]

It will really be a tough challenge in pricing victor osimhen away from Galatasaray because the player loves the club and the fans loves him, and it's a club he felt at home, so it would take an extra ordinary effort from arsenal to price him away from the club because they wouldn't want to entertain any offer for his signature.
Though in football anything can happen, so we can never be too sure, but with how instrumental and important Victor osimhen is to Galatasaray, I don't think they will want to cash in on him this summer transfer window.

I know Victor Osimhen is loved by Galatasaray fans, and players doesn't like to leave a club they are loved by their fans in a hurry, but since football is a business, if truly Arsenal wants to buy Victor Osimhen and they meet Galatasaray asking price for Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray won't hesitate to cash in on Victor Osimhen before his value in the market would reduce, and since Victor Osimhen is a reliable striker he will be loved by Arsenal fans.

[Salahmu]

It will really be a tough challenge in pricing victor osimhen away from Galatasaray because the player loves the club and the fans loves him, and it's a club he felt at home, so it would take an extra ordinary effort from arsenal to price him away from the club because they wouldn't want to entertain any offer for his signature.

There are clubs that if they're very rich they spend money as if it doesn't matter to them on the player if they no his impact will be another level for the club, so actually we are only using some clubs who doesn't have money to sign big players to think that the price for Victor Osimhen to leave Galatasaray will scare clubs away from him, it only depends on the team that's interested on him, Arsenal could be having trouble with the pricing but clubs like Liverpool may not feel that way if is worth the money and we have not also think of those other rich clubs that is on different domestic league.

[Wakate]

It will really be a tough challenge in pricing victor osimhen away from Galatasaray because the player loves the club and the fans loves him, and it's a club he felt at home, so it would take an extra ordinary effort from arsenal to price him away from the club because they wouldn't want to entertain any offer for his signature.
Though in football anything can happen, so we can never be too sure, but with how instrumental and important Victor osimhen is to Galatasaray, I don't think they will want to cash in on him this summer transfer window.

I know Victor Osimhen is loved by Galatasaray fans, and players doesn't like to leave a club they are loved by their fans in a hurry, but since football is a business, if truly Arsenal wants to buy Victor Osimhen and they meet Galatasaray asking price for Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray won't hesitate to cash in on Victor Osimhen before his value in the market would reduce, and since Victor Osimhen is a reliable striker he will be loved by Arsenal fans.

Arsenal needs a good striker like Victor Osimhen that is very good at the act and if Arsenal is able to secure a deal with Galatasaray that will be a better option for them and it's going to help Arsenal to be confident enough to play with opponents.

[Ronsbit]

It will really be a tough challenge in pricing victor osimhen away from Galatasaray because the player loves the club and the fans loves him, and it's a club he felt at home, so it would take an extra ordinary effort from arsenal to price him away from the club because they wouldn't want to entertain any offer for his signature.
Though in football anything can happen, so we can never be too sure, but with how instrumental and important Victor osimhen is to Galatasaray, I don't think they will want to cash in on him this summer transfer window.

I know Victor Osimhen is loved by Galatasaray fans, and players doesn't like to leave a club they are loved by their fans in a hurry, but since football is a business, if truly Arsenal wants to buy Victor Osimhen and they meet Galatasaray asking price for Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray won't hesitate to cash in on Victor Osimhen before his value in the market would reduce, and since Victor Osimhen is a reliable striker he will be loved by Arsenal fans.

Arsenal needs a good striker like Victor Osimhen that is very good at the act and if Arsenal is able to secure a deal with Galatasaray that will be a better option for them and it's going to help Arsenal to be confident enough to play with opponents.

Football is business, irrespective of whether a player is loved or not, the club wants money, and also the player needs it as well, so both parties want the same thing, and if any interested parties were able to meet up with the demand, they would have it all, that's it and I do not believ this and that about fans loving players and all of that. After all, Messi and CR7 left clubs they were much loved, went to clubs that paid them much higher than where they were. If Arsenal is interested, they should pay the price for him and stop all these speculations and mean business after all, he is a prolific striker.