The most you can buy for 200 million is Osimhen’s legs, the Napoli owner told off Saudi bidders

Just as it is difficult to deal with Tottenham’s owner, so it is with Napoli, who traditionally have great talent but are not very amenable to selling them to top clubs. Now, moreover, the French server L’Équipe has declassified the communication of president Aurelio de Laurentiis with Al Hilal representatives who were interested in Victor Osimhen.

Osimhen is undoubtedly one of the most interesting attacking players currently running around the turf. He has already scored a total of 62 goals in 104 games for Napoli, only this season he has scored 3 times in 3 games.

It is therefore no wonder that he is in great demand. The only problem is that the 24-year-old striker is part of a Napoli team that can keep its stars, which he has demonstrated many times in previous years.

Thus, it seems that Osimhen will not be a different case, which is now confirmed by the communication between the club president and the representatives of the Saudi club, who wanted to pay 200 million euros for the Nigerian striker.

“For 200 million euros you can buy Osimhen’s legs, maybe. Next year I expect you to be ready to offer 500 million euros and maybe we will consider your offer. I say again, maybe,” North declassified L’Équipe’s communication.

Osimhen is currently under contract with Napoli until 2025, so it can be assumed that he will indeed head to a bigger club next year.

That it will end up being a team from the Saudi Pro League is also likely. But of course it will depend on the player whether he wants to stay in Europe and be part of one of the traditional clubs or choose the high income route.

Osimhen now faces a national team meeting when Nigeria take on São Tomé and Príncipe (Sao Tome and Principe) this Sunday.

The 24-year-old striker has already scored 17 goals in 25 matches for the national team and it must be added that he is facing stiff competition. Especially in the pair of Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) and Victor Boniface (Leverkusen).

Source: L’Équipe, Twitter, Transfermarkt