{"id":24306,"date":"2020-04-24T17:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=24306"},"modified":"2020-04-24T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:21:33","slug":"napoli-readying-nigerian-record-bid-for-chelsea-man-utd-linked-striker-osimhen-agent-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/napoli-readying-nigerian-record-bid-for-chelsea-man-utd-linked-striker-osimhen-agent-reacts","title":{"rendered":"Napoli Readying Nigerian Record Bid For Chelsea, Man Utd Linked Striker Osimhen; Agent Reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Napoli are prepared to firm up their interest in Nigeria international Victor Osimhen by making an official bid to Lille.<\/p>\n<p>Eurosport journalist Manu Lonjon has tweeted that Napoli are preparing an offer of 60 million euros for Osimhen.<\/p>\n<p>If the Blues are able to convince Lille to part with the striker, it would break the transfer record for a Nigerian player by around 20 million euros following Everton&#8217;s signing of Alex Iwobi from Arsenal in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli face serious competition for the services of Osimhen, with Manchester United and Chelsea among the Premier League clubs recently credited with an interest.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to comment on reports linking his client with Napoli, Jean-G\u00e9rard Czajka Benoit told areanapoli.it : &#8220;The comment that I can make about is that Napoli is a great club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As for Victor&#8217;s future, at the moment there are many more important and serious things to think about. 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