Victor Osimhen | out of options | goes to Gala on loan

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The ideal situation for us would be something like they get Ronaldo we get Osimhen on loan for a year with an Option to buy if things work out.

Not sure I could see Napoli going for that though.
 
Judas said:
I agree, but this bloke isn't anything special yet. Doesn't mean every tom dick or harry should be going for 100m.
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He's no less special than Nunez and Antony who went for comparable prices. And a player like Alexander Isak just landed at Newcastle for €70m. €100m for Osimhen in this market isn't even remotely unreasonable.

The issue is that some of the figures quoted for him have been a lot higher than that.
 
Can't see a way this happens. He's not going cheap and we have just splurged massively on Antony and Casemiro. Even if Ronaldo leaves, I don't see how we could buy this lad. Napoli will want a fortune for him.

I appreciate the efforts to keep muppeting through to the very end though!
 
Fortitude said:
This thread:

- he’s shit
- he’s good
- he’s shit
- he’s good

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I would say opposite. Regarding this player opinion is pretty much similiar among fans. He is good. Period.
Nobody sees him as world class but also nobody says that he is average or shit
 
He's exactly the sort of striker we should be targeting to compliment what we have in the team, he's got pace, strenght, power and very good hold up play and an okay link up play.

I'm sure Hag wants a target man to link up play and occupy the opposition Central backs, which would help our wide fowards to build and create things with our midfield.

If we can't get him this window we should try in winter or next summer.
 
We just spent 200m, we surely don't have another 130m. If anything else happens this summer, it will likely be a loan or a free transfer (Depay?)
 
Forget him for now and let them pay for Ronaldo. Try to get Depay for free.
 
Dude has bags of pace, good size but he's a less than accomplished finisher for that sort of money
 
bosskeano said:
Dude has bags of pace, good size but he's a less than accomplished finisher for that sort of money
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I mean he's in the 95th percentile of xG among forwards in the top five leagues and scores at a higher rate than his expected goals so that's just not true. If you're underwhelmed by how many goals he's scoring per season, you're probably not looking at his minutes played. The last time Harry Kane scored more than 20 league goals, he had played over 1000 more minutes than Osimhen did in his last two seasons.
 
Bojan Djordjic said:
I mean he's in the 95th percentile of xG among forwards in the top five leagues and scores at a higher rate than his expected goals so that's just not true. If you're underwhelmed by how many goals he's scoring per season, you're probably not looking at his minutes played. The last time Harry Kane scored more than 20 league goals, he had played over 1000 more minutes than Osimhen did in his last two seasons.
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true...i didn't look at minutes played per goal scored. He just really reminds me of guys we've had in the past like Bellion, Bebe even Welbeck type of long and lanky striker. Not a guy like Saha or Ruud.
 
Bojan Djordjic said:
I mean he's in the 95th percentile of xG among forwards in the top five leagues and scores at a higher rate than his expected goals so that's just not true. If you're underwhelmed by how many goals he's scoring per season, you're probably not looking at his minutes played. The last time Harry Kane scored more than 20 league goals, he had played over 1000 more minutes than Osimhen did in his last two seasons.
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You don't think it's a bit worrying that the only big team he's ever scored against is Chelsea? Out of all his matches against the top 6 in Serie A, he's only scored once, and that was against Lazio. Rest of his goals are against the likes of Bologna, Verona etc. Even Napoli fans don't mind if he leaves if you check their forum. Many say he's clumsy and a lot of his goals are very lucky. He's certainly not better than Lukaku.
 
I can't see this happening at this stage of the window, but Osimhem is the correct profile of centre forward that ten Hag would like imo. He has the physicality and work rate to help enhance the system with and without the ball. He can run in behind or can be used as the target man and is aerially a threat.
 
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His first touch looks as bad, if not worse, than Lukaku’s.

Looks like a beast though and far better than what we’ve got.
 
Apparently, it is a loan deal with commitment to buy next summer and Ronaldo going the other direction. I think it is good deal but we should insert clauses:
If he scores 30+ goals, Napoli get 100m
If he scores 20-30 goals, Napoli get 80m
If he scores 10-20 goals, it is 40m
Less than 10 goals, he goes back.
 
MyDevil said:
Apparently, it is a loan deal with commitment to buy next summer and Ronaldo going the other direction. I think it is good deal but we should insert clauses:
If he scores 30+ goals, Napoli get 100m
If he scores 20-30 goals, Napoli get 80m
If he scores 10-20 goals, it is 40m
Less than 10 goals, he goes back.
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Link darling?
 
MyDevil said:
Apparently, it is a loan deal with commitment to buy next summer and Ronaldo going the other direction. I think it is good deal but we should insert clauses:
If he scores 30+ goals, Napoli get 100m
If he scores 20-30 goals, Napoli get 80m
If he scores 10-20 goals, it is 40m
Less than 10 goals, he goes back.
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That deal could be quite promising.

Get him to 19 goals then play Martial at the end of the season.
 
Would make so much sense stylistically but would like to see him get through the rest of the season largely injury free first.
 
Based on those youtube and twitter clips posted here, he looks like that he can hold the ball when defenders are tight on him, quick, tall, aggressive, and physically strong.
 
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