Man Utd, Spurs eye Osimhen to replace Ronaldo, Kane
Super Eagles and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen is on Man United and Spurs' radar.
Two top English Premier League sides, Man Utd and Tottenham are eyeing in-form Super Eagles striker
Victor Osimhen to replace legend Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane.
Last summer top European sides like Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern, Arsenal, Newcastle and Man Utd were rumoured to be interested in the Eagles striker but none materialized into a move.
With his impressive form in the Italian League and the Champions League, rumour of a move to a bigger club have surfaced again.
Manchester United may have included Osimhen on a shortlist of attacking targets for next summer, according to unconfirmed reports.
The Red Devils plan to start the rebuild of their forward line ahead of the 2023-24 season and Osimhen could be central to their transfer strategy.
Osimhen was linked with a move to Old Trafford in the summer, but it became clear that he would only move to the Premier League if Cristiano Ronaldo forced his way out of the club. Ronaldo remained - much against his wishes - while Osimhen has enjoyed a successful season in Serie A.
The 23-year-old is one of Europe’s brightest striker prospects, having scored nine goals in 13 appearances across all competitions this season. He struck 18 times last term.
United are expecting to lose Ronaldo when his contract expires in June 2023, and will use the opportunity to reshape Erik ten Hag’s forward options. The Old Trafford hierarchy have drawn up a long and shortlist of potential targets.
Elsewhere, Italian journalist Rudy Galetti has said on his website that Tottenham could sign Napoli striker Osimhen to replace Harry Kane next summer, after reports from Germany have incessantly linked the Spurs star with a move to Bayern Munich.
German publication TZ claimed a couple of weeks ago that Bayern want to sign a number nine to replace Robert Lewandowski and that the club have identified the Tottenham man as their number one target.
The report added that the Bundesliga giants are prepared to pay over €100m (£86.2m) to sign the 29-year-old.
Meanwhile, reports in England over recent weeks have suggested that Kane would be open to starting talks over a new contract with Spurs when the time is right .
Galetti has now revealed that a move to the Allianz Arena is very much on the cards for the England captain next summer, with the striker being in the sights of Julian Nagelsmann’s side ‘for some time’.
He added that should Kane join Bayern, Spurs see Osimhen as the ‘ideal replacement’ for their talisman, thus potentially resulting in an ‘incredible domino of strikers’ at the end of the season.
