Osimhen wants to join Chelsea amid interest, says Mikel
Former Super Eagles midfielder Mikel John Obi believes Chelsea have a genuine interest in Victor Osimhen and that the Napoli striker is also willing to join the club.
The Blues have been tracking the reigning CAF Men’s Player of the Year for a while and reportedly made an attempt to sign him last summer but were held back due to Napoli demanding a huge fee for him.
With the star striker looking increasingly to depart the Serie A defending champions at the end of this season, the two-time European champions are back in the race to sign the Nigeria international.
Mikel claims Manchester United and French Ligue 1 moneybags Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in signing Osimhen.
Speaking recently in an interview which was relayed by Ben Jacobs on his X account, Mikel revealed that he believes that Chelsea are genuinely interested in Osimhen and that the striker is willing to join the club as well.
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“I think there is genuine interest between both. I think he loves the club, he wants to come to the club. Obviously, he wants to follow in my footstep as a Nigerian player who has played for Chelsea,” Mikel said.
“Victor Moses as well, Celestine Babayaro. Not a lot of. He has looked at that, London as well, fantastic city instead of going to Liverpool or places like that, you want to live in London but he also has a lot of interest, PSG, Man United but I am still pushing, sending him messages, trying to make sure that he doesn’t expect too much, just narrow your mind in one club, the Blues.
“I am pushing but I hope he comes to the club because he will bring so much to the club. I think one thing we lack anybody who watch the final on Sunday will see that one thing we are lacking is scoring goals.”
Mikel continued: “We need that striker who will score goals and that is what Victor will give you.
“He is not the most skillful guy but goals, definitely, he guarantees, if he could get us 20 goals per season, 25 who knows.
“That is what Erling Haaland does, that is why he is one of the best, he is not really there to follow the links up and all that. Get the ball in the box and he would finish.
“That is definitely what Victor Osimhen would give us, so let’s hope it works out, he comes to Chelsea and becomes a legend.”
The 25-year-old is in red hot for for Napoli at the moment, scoring in three consecutive games including a hat-trick against Sassuolo Wednesday, and showing why he is one of the highly sought-after strikers in European football at the moment.