Osimhen Chelsea, Eze Man Utd, Gordon Liverpool

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We had an important interview from former Chelsea and Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel as he spoke on his podcast about Victor Osimhen. He confirmed that Chelsea were really close to an agreement for Osimhen but couldn’t get it done on time due to certain details that were still left to clarify. Mikel also mentioned the possibility of Chelsea reviving the deal in January, and I’ve received many messages about what’s going to happen between Osimhen and Chelsea in the future.

Obviously, for now Osimhen has only just signed for Galatasaray, so we need to respect Galatasaray. Also on the player side, and his representatives, they want to respect Galatasaray, and that is the only focus for now. What I can say, however, is that Chelsea’s appreciation for Osimhen remains.

While it’s true that it was a difficult summer, a difficult negotiation and a difficult situation in general for Osimhen and Chelsea this summer, at the same time it’s important to say that Chelsea didn’t leave the Osimhen talks at the end of August with the feeling that they don’t want to hear from this player anymore. Sometimes it can happen in football that there are long negotiations that don’t work out and then a club gets upset and leaves that negotiation, perhaps forever.

That didn’t happen here, it was not the case as Chelsea’s appreciation for Osimhen remains. Chelsea understand that it was a complicated negotiation in terms of the financials involved, but their appreciation of the player remains absolutely concrete. We’ll have to see what happens in January or the summer as it’s still a while away, but Chelsea’s appreciation is still there.

Another striker we know Chelsea considered was Jhon Duran, and Aston Villa chief Monchi has spoken about the club turning down as many as 40 offers for the talented young Colombian striker this summer.

40 clubs is too much I think. By the way, Chelsea and West Ham had him on their list but also AC Milan were interested in June, before signing Morata, then he was too expensive. But the two clubs really pushing for him were Chelsea and West Ham, that’s the reality.

There have been some reports on Manchester…