As the uncertainty over the future of Victor Osimhen continues, the camp of the player have submitted their demands to the hierarchy of Napoli for consideration, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Osimhen finished last season as top scorer in the Italian Serie A powering them to their first league title in 33 years, but he will likely be plying his trade elsewhere if he gets his wish of leaving in this summer transfer window.
So far despite reports of interest from teams around Europe only Bayern Munich and PSG have officially made a bid to Napoli for his services believed to be €80m and €120m respectively. Both offers were rejected by the Italian side.
President of Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentiis insist he is not for sale but like every player in his team he will be open to letting him leave for a fee in excess of €150m possibly rising to €180m. An amount that teams will struggle to meet.
Already talks have started over an extension with the camp of the Nigerian with Napoli willing to pay him a yearly salary of €4 to €6m for a new two years deal. His camp have however rejected the proposal saying a player with a price tag of €150m should command a yearly wage of around €15m.
While both camps are expected to reach a compromise on his wages. Osimhen has made it clear that any new deal will come with a certain amount of money as his buy out clause which will be agreed upon by both camps.
Napoli will likely want a fee in the region of €140m but the camp of the Nigerian are proposing around €80m. For now both parties are pole apart in their various demands but clarity is expected when the Nigerian meet with the president before the start of pre season training.
Daniel Martins
