Victor Osimhen: Exit clauses explained as Galatasaray president makes official transfer statement

Chelsea’s long-held ambition to signal Victor Osimhen has taken one other twist following a revelation over the Galatasaray striker’s future.

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Osimhen moved to the Tremendous Lig aspect on a everlasting foundation from Napoli in the summertime of 2025 in a deal price €75 million.

With 17 objectives in 26 video games for Galatasaray this season, the 27-year-old stays one of the crucial coveted strikers in world soccer and continues to be linked with Chelsea however, extra prominently, Juventus forward of the summer season switch window.

‘No Osimhen launch clause’

Juventus’ hopes of touchdown the striker are difficult by an settlement with Napoli made final summer season that successfully prevents Serie A golf equipment from signing Osimhen. A €70m penalty is in place if he strikes again to Italy this summer season, with this determine falling to €50m subsequent summer season. It disappears thereafter.

Whereas the indications are that that is nonetheless in place, Galatasaray’s president has confirmed that there isn’t any mounted launch clause for the participant, which means the Tremendous Lig membership can cost what they like when it comes to a switch charge.

“There is no such thing as a launch clause in Osimhen’s contract,” Dursun Ozbek instructed Fanatik.

However, the Turkish official did add: “He’s a vastly profitable participant who will serve Galatasaray for a few years.”

Galatasaray set Osimhen bar excessive

Osimhen, if he had been to depart Galatasaray this summer season, wouldn’t go cheaply.

“Perhaps on the day we purchased him, there was discuss of the value being excessive, however at the moment amongst soccer followers, the prevailing concept is that the value we paid for him was low-cost and his precise worth is far increased,” Ozbek added.

Galatasaray could also be a bit of formidable when it comes to what they’ll get on the switch marketplace for Osimhen.

His Estimated Switch Worth (ETV) sits at €77m, which isn’t removed from his profession peak of €81m, which he achieved whereas at Napoli.

Osimhen, although, has been performing to an distinctive commonplace on the large stage, scoring seven objectives in eight Champions League matches on the charge of a bit of over one per 100 minutes. One other robust efficiency within the forthcoming double header towards Liverpool will solely reinforce the membership’s perception that they’ve a participant price €100m on their books.

What does this imply for Chelsea and Juventus?

Chelsea are set to have a shot at Osimhen this summer season in the event that they nonetheless need him, with the anti-Serie A membership successfully ruling Juventus out of the switch race till 2028.

Nevertheless, there are actually critical doubts over whether or not the Blues are prepared to spend large on a striker, notably one who’s on the peak of his powers and, subsequently, not the signing BlueCo sometimes make.

Blues boss Liam Rosenior notably praised Joao Pedro on Friday.

Requested if the striker is pretty much as good as Erling Haaland, Harry Kane or Kylian Mbappe, he stated: “Joao is in that class now. Within the two months I have been right here, he has persistently proven he’s a world‑class striker.

“I would not swap Joao for anybody at this second – he’s displaying all of the qualities and attributes I wish to see.

“The nice factor for Joao is his age – he can nonetheless enhance, and I’ve already observed a number of areas the place he can get higher. However the degree he is working at now’s world class, and it is my job, the membership’s job and his job to maintain him there.”

Between Juventus’ points with Osimhen’s Serie A clause, Chelsea’s love of Joao Pedro and Galatasaray’s excessive asking worth for the Nigeria star, it should take a major shift for him to be on the transfer this summer season.

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