Paris Saint Germain have reportedly demanded huge discount from the staggering 130 euros clause from Napoli to enable it prise away Victor Osimhen even as the French giants are willing to part with one or two players in exchange for the Nigeria international striker.
According to multiple Italian sources, Osimhen’s agent has been holed in Paris over the last few days in order to pull off the deal since Napoli expect to resolve the transfer issue as soon as possible with words rife that new coach Antonio Conte has expressed his desire to reunite with Belgian striker, Romelu Lukaku.
Italian leading tabloid La Gazzetta dello Sport even claimed Napoli sports director Manna has further resumed talks with PSG as club owner Aurelio De Laurentiis eagerly awaits a deal to be struck.
With no English Premier League side stepping forward to acquire his services, PSG seems to be the most viable option left for Osimhen after coach Luis Enrique identified the Nigerian ace striker as the best replacement for Kylian Mbappe who left for real Madrid.
According to the Italian Pink Paper “The path is set: PSG-Osi is no longer a suggestion, it is the only possible destination for Victor and his desire for the Champions League.”
In a related development, Osimhen was not listed last night as Conte oversaw his first friendly match as Napoli coach against local side Anaune Val di Non as part of their pre-season preparations in the mountains of Dimaro.
According to Sport Italia, when the line-up was originally announced to spectators, Osimhen was named on the bench, but it quickly emerged he was in fact in the stands.
A note from the club pointed out the striker has been working separately from the squad in training over the last few days due to fitness issues and is therefore “not at the disposal” of Conte.
Inevitably, this is also linked to the on-going reports of negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer at below the €130m release clause.
Napoli hope to get a deal done over the next 10 days and might be tempted to lower the asking price to just over €100m.
