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| Victor Osimhen decided to leave for Galatasaray, Turkiye, after being excluded from the Napoli first team. Photo = Romano SNS |
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Victor Osimhen dramatically escaped from Naples. However, he is heading to Turkiye, not the European big league. How did Osimhen, the world class top scorer, head to Galatasaray.
Osimhen has sought a transfer through an agreement with Napoli this summer. Antonio Conte, the new Napoli coach, called on the club to recruit Romelo Lukaku after hearing that Osimhen was leaving. Napoli also decided to sell Osimhen after judging that he could not turn his mind back.
There were a lot of teams trying to target Osimhen. Europe's super-large big clubs were so interested that they were connected to Osimhen once in a while. This is because there were not many strikers in Europe with the skills of Osimhen.
However, despite more than two to three months of transfer rumors, Osimhen failed to escape Napoli. Napoli were furious and made a super-strong move to exclude Osimhen from the first team. "Oshimen is not included in my plan," Napoli's new coach Antonio Conte said publicly, drawing the line that Osimen will not be included in his plan in the future.
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| Victor Osimhen decided to leave for Galatasaray, Turkiye, after being excluded from the Napoli first team. |
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A player with the skills of Osimhen was trapped in Naples and almost wasted time until the next transfer window, but Galatasaray made an unconventional decision. Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European transfer market, said on his personal SNS on the 2nd (Korea time) that `Galatasaray reached an agreement in principle with Naples on the lease of Osimen. Napoli also accepted the condition that he would pay an annual salary on a one-year lease. Galatasaray plans to meet with Osimhen and get final approval for the transfer."
Osimhen, who could not play for Napoli, also made up his mind to head to Galatasaray. Osimhen's lease to Galatasaray went on in an instant. Galatasaray decided to pay 100% of Osimhen's salary.
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| Victor Osimhen decided to leave for Galatasaray, Turkiye, after being excluded from the Napoli first team. |
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Instead, Osimhen demanded two conditions from Naples. It lowered the current buyout clause of 130 million euros (about 192.9 billion won) to 75 million euros (about 111.3 billion won) and conveyed to Napoli its position to allow the loan to be terminated when other big clubs send offers in the next transfer market. Napoli accepted Osimhen's request, and Osimhen also accepted 100% to Galatasaray.
Romano added 'HERE WE GO"Oshimen leaves for Galatasaray on loan, with 'HERE WE GO" only when the transfer is made. The deal was done, and all the documents were exchanged. Osimhen extended his contract with Napoli until 2027, lowering the buyout clause to 75 million euros. Leasing to Galatasaray until June next year. There is no mandatory recruitment clause.
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| Victor Osimhen decided to leave for Galatasaray, Turkiye, after being excluded from the Napoli first team. |
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Reporter Romano later explained why Osimhen left for Galatasaray on his YouTube channel while looking back on the transfer market.
Romano said three big clubs targeted Osimhen this summer. First, Arsenal moved in June. Arsenal looked for the possibility of signing Osimhen, but gave up early on when Napoli informed them that negotiations could not be made unless it was a 130 million euro buyout clause. Osimhen's huge salary was also a difficult condition for Arsenal to accept.
Next to Arsenal was Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Reporter Romano added: "PSG is the club that was closest to signing Osimhen this summer. It was the only European club to end a personal agreement with Osimhen. All officials at PSG were open to scouting Osimhen" he said.
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| Victor Osimhen decided to leave for Galatasaray, Turkiye, after being excluded from the Napoli first team. |
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However, the PSG and Napoli negotiations failed to reach a settlement. For now, the way PSG attempted to sign another Napoli ace, Hvicha Kravatshelia, made Napoli angry. PSG contacted the players in advance to recruit Hvicha. Hvitsa was attracted to the PSG trip and publicly tried to play the press.
Napoli, who had no intention of transferring Hbicha, were very angry at PSG's actions. Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis also indirectly shot PSG Chairman Nasser El-Khelaifi. Nonetheless, Napoli demanded a 130 million euro buyout clause from PSG because they were in a position to sell Osimhen.
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| Victor Osimhen decided to leave for Galatasaray, Turkiye, after being excluded from the Napoli first team. |
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Regarding this, reporter Romano "PSG could not pay the money. In response, Napoli demanded the condition of adding cash to the player's love. PSG intended to allow Milan Shkriniar or Nordi Mukiele. However, Napoli only wanted Lee Kang-in. This was an unacceptable offer for PSG. So the negotiations broke down. Since August, PSG has never considered recruiting Osimen or approached it.
Napoli, which hit the jackpot by recruiting Kim Min-jae, seems to have attempted to bring in a Korean player once again. Napoli has expressed interest since Lee Kang-in was in Mallorca. It seems that he demanded Lee Kang-in when Lee Kang-in failed to become a perfect starting player at PSG. However, PSG said it could never give up Lee Kang-in.
After the breakdown of negotiations between PSG and Napoli, Chelsea emerged. Chelsea attempted to negotiate with Napoli at the end of the transfer window and reached an agreement with Napoli through a mandatory post-loan recruitment clause.
This time, however, Osimhen did not want to go to Chelsea. Chelsea's proposed weekly wage was not enough for Osimhen. Osimhen didn't want to give up his salary in Naples. Chelsea have somehow revised and sent several offers to bring Osimhen back, but Osimhen has refused to accept it.
So, in Naples, Osimhen was excluded from the first team, and in the end, Osimhen had no choice but to leave Naples on loan to Galatasaray. Galatasaray said on its official website that it had begun negotiations with Osimhen. Turkiye clubs first say they have started negotiations with players before announcing their official. In most cases, negotiation announcements are made with only medical tests and final signs remaining. Osimhen's Galatasaray Rental Official Is Just A matter of Time.
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| Galatasaray ahead of Osimen rental official. Photo =Galatasaray |
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