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and my hope of owners pumping in dodgy sponsors has been blown up today
Aha. My jibe wasn't to you. I got excited I could find a tweet since I barely use twitter.
Strengthens my view we should go for himI've watched a lot of Napoli games this season. The pressure Osimhen puts on his opponents is unbelievable. Often there is this notion of a striker getting bullied by CB's but with Osimhen it's the other way around. He is doing the bullying.
Nice to see him having good goal numbers this season too.
Is he good at contributing to possession football? It’s a that how Napoli play? That has a strong bearing on how much of a ‘no brainer’ he is.
Well Napoli average 61.3% possession per game within Serie A. For context if a PL team averaged that they'd be second only to City. In contrast we've averaged 52.6% so far this season. So they certainly have a possession-friendly style of play and Osimhen fits within that.
I think that’ll be a problem for us unless we overhaul the rest of the team being able to control the game much better. Can’t have Bruno, Rashford and Osimhen all not contributed much / contributing sloppily to the buildup. City can afford Haaland (maybe not given they’re second in the league) because the whole team is full of playmakers.
Napoli’s president would demand close to €200m id say, even more confidently now after the fees that have been paid this off season. Rumors are he’s close to signing an extension as well - probably with a hefty release clause in. But yeah, doesn’t look like he’s leaving as I assume everyone got scared off by the price - even PSG.
He is just way too expensive, and most clubs don't need a striker. You would think Chelsea would be after him with the way they've spent the last two seasons and the fact they need a striker.
Nothing surprising about it. Napoli would demand upwards of €130M. Probably a lot more. He is going nowhere at this stage.
You saw how much heartache Bayern went through to sign 30 year old in the last year of his contract from a team that has nothing to play for? Imagine trying to sign a far younger striker of almost comparable quality with a long contact from a side that has a major title to defend and has a chairman who is even more obstinate than Levy. Shudders.
Given the Caicedo and Rice fees, Osimhen probably should cost a lot more than €130m.
Yeah that's exactly why it's quiet
He was entering the last year of his old deal. He wouldn't have had a choice next year.
Ah that makes sense, thank you for clarifying.
Not affordable for us this summer, anyway.
Because history has shown you need a sharp, world class striker in Italy. It’s not like the Tammy Abraham’s and Romelu Lukaku’s of the world can waltz in there and….. wait ….
Abraham had one good season (17 goals, 3 penalties) and a disastrous second season. Lukaku did well under Conte (2019/20 - 23 goals, 6 penalties; 2020/21 - 24 goals, 6 penalties) because that team played for him and created a feckton of chances. Both scored around the same number of goals in their peak season in the EPL.
That wont be a difficult for some clubs. Chelsea and Liverpool were ready to spend €110m on a CDM. I can see us going for a striker again next summer and Osimhem will be top of the list.
We're not spending €150m on Osimhen after buying Højlund.
We need a top striker. FFP and building a squad was our priority this summer. If we are one top 30 goals a season striker from challenging then Ten Hag will go for Osimhen or another established player. Hojlund might take a few seasons to get there.
Osimhen isn't a top striker in the same tier as Kane, though. He is a safer bet than Højlund currently, but he is also a risk and there is no certainty he would be great in the PL.
What established striker there's exactly in the market ? there are maybe 3 names you can name - Kane, Lewa, Benzema
Not weird at all. Both of them had really bad games, and being subbed in the final minutes to try to make an impact is completely normal and something most teams do.
Just seen he is coaching Italy now...yeah makes sense.
