The owner of English Championship side Watford Gino Pozzo claimed that he was offered the chance to sign Nigeria and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen powered Napoli to their first Serie A title in 33 years with as many as 31 goals in all competitions this season and that has led to talks about his future at the club, considering the fact that he has two years left on his deal.
His rise from the boy who couldn’t cut it at German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg to one that is one of the most coveted strikers in European football in the world has really taken a lot of people by surprise.
One of them is the owner of Watford, who claimed he was offered the chance to sign the Nigerian while he was on loan to Belgium side Charleroi just before he joined French top division side Lille.
He said they rejected the chance to sign him, a move that he probably secretly regrets with the Nigerian now out of the league of teams like Watford with his price tag pegged at €150m. ” We actually missed Osimhen, they ( Charleroi) offered him to us and we didn’t take it”, he said.
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