Arsenal ‘sacrificed’ Japanese star for Osimhen for £110M is worth it? Recently, Napoli reached an agreement with coach Antonio Conte. The former Chelsea coach is expected to be officially announced this week. During negotiations with Napoli’s Board of Directors, Conte received the “green light” from the Board of Directors of the Southern Italian club to recruit former student Romelu Lukaku to replace Victor Osimhen.

The price to buy Lukaku is now quite affordable because Chelsea wants to soon part with the Belgian star, thereby having more funds for shopping and optimizing the salary budget under new coach Enzo Maresca. For his part, Osimhen is expected to leave Napoli this summer. He received interest from several Saudi Pro League teams but preferred to stay in Europe.

However, the 25-year-old striker is aiming to move to the Premier League and Arsenal also needs to add a classy number 9. According to Corriere dello Sport, Napoli has not received any official offer for Osimhen. In case of releasing the African striker, Napoli wants to earn about 110 million pounds, equivalent to the contract release fee.

Notably, Napoli is targeting two Arsenal players. They want to recruit defender Takehiro Tomiyasu or midfielder Smith Rowe as part of the deal to sell Osimhen to the Gunners.Thus, coach Mikel Arteta may have to sacrifice his favorite player Tomiyasu to own the striker who has made waves in Serie A in recent seasons. In the 2022/23 season, Osimhen won the top scorer award and helped Napoli win the Serie A championship.

In the 2023/24 season, Osimhen, despite being injured and missing many matches, still scored 15 goals in Italy’s No. 1 tournament. However, after 4 years of figҺting in Italy, Osimhen longed to find new challenges in another country, especially England. Possessing a strong physical foundation and comprehensive finishing skills, Osimhen promises to easily adapt to the Premier League.

In the past, Tomiyasu was interested in Napoli in January 2024, but Arsenal refused to sell their star because coach Arteta needed a strong enough force for the race to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

Meanwhile, Smith Rowe has struggled to find playing time under Arteta this season, only starting 3 matches in the Premier League. The reason is because of the stability of the Rice – Odegaard pair.

Arsenal will be willing to listen to offers for Smith Rowe this summer and Fulham have made the 23-year-old one of their transfer targets. In the case of a trade with Napoli, Arsenal prioritizes Smith Rowe over Tomiyasu.

Not only Arsenal, Chelsea are also interested in Osimhen after a struggling season. It will be difficult for the Blues to succeed if they continue to trust in Nicolas Jackson, the striker who was in the top 3 players who missed the most scoring opportunities in the Premier League last season.A recent source from Gazzetta dello Sport revealed that the striker born in 1998 is waiting for Arsenal’s move to buy before choosing other stops.

That is an advantage for Arsenal compared to MU, Chelsea or many other clubs. Last season, The Gunners played well but they still lacked a real goalscorer, a diverse finisher and able to independently figҺt up front.

Both Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah have not met the requirements, forcing Arteta to use Kai Havertz as a virtual striker many times.

In addition to Osimhen, Arsenal has a number of other targets to add to the аttаck such as Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig), Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting Lisbon) or Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna).

Of course, compared to the purchаse price of Osimhem, the above cases have not as large a transfer fee. Among these, Gyokeres played the most impressively but he has never played for any big club.

Meanwhile, Sesko possesses impressive height and aerial ability and is making his mark in the Bundesliga. Zirkzee is a star for Bologna, but when he was at Bayern Munich, he did not leave much of an impression (scoring 4 goals in 17 matches for the first team). The reason may come from being underused. Therefore, buying Zirkzee is considered the most risky among the above options.Regarding Arsenal, coach Arteta recently admitted that his future at Arsenal is uncertain: “In football, you should only talk about today as well as discuss what you want to do tomorrow.

At the professional level, I always keep my future uncertain with any team to help keep my mind focused on the immediate goals, keep my feet on the ground as well as the desire to conquer the top. new.

Until now, I still have a good relationship with everyone at the team and I am very happy with my decision now.”

In addition, the Spanish strategist also “boosted” his students’ morale even though the new season officially started in 2 months: “Arsenal will reevaluate the entire previous campaign in all aspects.” of the team, thereby making the most reasonable decisions to help the players improve.

Everything can be improved and better. Every member of the team, from players and staff alike, wants to win more. They always desire to touch the trophies.”