According to Sky Sports (h/t The Sun), Chelsea are locked in a three-way transfer tussle with Premier League rivals Liverpool and Tottenham over Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who currently plies his trade with LOSC Lille in Ligue 1.
Osimhen, who scored 20 goals in 36 appearances for Belgian top-flight side Sporting Charleroi on loan from Vfl Wolfsburg in the previous campaign, has taken the French top-division by storm this term following his move to Lille back in the summer window.
The 20-year-old Nigerian international has already bagged 12 goals and 4 assists in 23 appearances for Lille in all competitions so far this season, and his red-hot goalscoring form in Ligue 1 has put some of the Premier League giants on red alert ahead of the January window.
As per the report, Osimhen, who still has four-and-a-half years left to run on his present contract at Lille, is in no hurry to seek an exit and is more than content to continue developing his game in Ligue 1.
However, with Tottenham and Chelsea expected to splash the cash during the mid-season trading period, the highly-rated centre-forward could well be on his way to the Premier League just six months after joining Lille.
Osimhen, who won the Golden Boot award at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, also impressed for Lille in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League this season, scoring in a 2-1 defeat against Chelsea on Matchday 2.
Meanwhile, Chelsea could be set for a busy transfer window in January after the Blues were successful in their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA’s two-window transfer embargo.
Frank Lampard has been handed a massive transfer kitty of £150 million to bolster his squad during the mid-season trading period, with several top-quality players like Jadon Sancho, Wilfried Zaha, Ben Chilwell, Timo Werner and Leon Bailey emerging on the club’s radar. (h/t Daily Mail)
