Journalist Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Manchester United have sent scouts to follow Victor Osimhen recently ahead of a possible summer transfer.
What’s the latest on the Victor Osimhen and Man Utd links?
The Red Devils certainly seem to be having a good season as they keep themselves in a title race, aim for glory with a Carabao Cup final on the horizon, and beat Barcelona in the Europa League.
However, some fans may not be able to help but look at the striker position as a possible area that needs to be strengthened with loanee forward Wout Weghorst netting one goal in 11 since signing this January.
If goals are what they are after, then they may not be able to do much better than Napoli ace Osimhen who has 21 goals to his name in all competitions this season.
In exciting news, he seems to be the man United may be chasing this summer too. Indeed, while talking on his YouTube channel, Romano explained the latest information.
He said: “We can mention Victor Osimhen because Manchester United scouts were keeping an eye on the player in the Champions League game with Frankfurt and also in some Serie A games.
“So Manchester United are following the progress of this boy to understand if he’s worth the money that Napoli will ask in the future for Osimhen if they want to sell the player – we will see at the end of the season.”
What could the Osimhen transfer mean for Man Utd?
The Premier League club certainly may well feel as though Osimhen could be the perfect player to replace Cristiano Ronaldo who left in the winter.
After all, the Nigerian has scored 19 goals in 20 Serie A games this term, while also claiming four assists as Napoli look destined to win the league at a canter.
What’s more, if the scouts were watching Osimhen in his recent Champions League match against Frankfurt, they likely would have been impressed as he picked up a 7.7 Sofascore rating, scoring once, winning one penalty, winning both of his aerial duels and also making two clearances.
All in all, it’s not hard to see why they may have identified the forward as the ideal player to lead the line for Erik ten Hag.