Why Victor Osimhen Didn't Go To Chelsea | #premierleague #chelsea

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Victor Osimhen was hot property after Napoli's 2022-23 Serie A title win, but never got the move he sought to Europe's top table. Instead he has ended up at Galatasaray on loan, with new Napoli boss Antonio Conte bringing in his preferred No.9, Romelu Lukaku. So, what went wrong?

Let's find out 🤝

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[guardaviewer]

I noticed every Tifo guy has his own favourite phrase. Reuben's is 'let's find out', John Mackenzie's is 'did you notice', and JJ's is 'and that's why....' at the end of the video

[aashishahuja]

It’s smart he wants to go to 1 of 10 clubs in January and he also got his release clause decreased to a normal amount for a striker of his calibre. The wages might be a problem

[andreaszafiropoulos]

What a great way to phrase this without mentioning the clubs racist attack against their own player!

[honestarsenalfan]

nice 40 million deal next summer. the stars are aligning

[TheAthleticFC]

Which top team would fit Osimhen the best?

[theBIGgee]

Let’s not talk about the apparent racial abuse from his own club

[MrDahcookie]

Not going to mention the racist tiktok that made him fall out with Napoli?

[Ryan-vrgb]

bro is literally getting fucked over by his own price tag

[kaito]

Wrong information
Wilfred Zaha's wages will be carried by Galatasaray
In Turkish Super Leauge there is a rule that you musn't have more than 14 non-Türkish players that's one of the reasons him loaning and other one being he wasn't happy at Galatasaray and was having problems with coach

[SteCollects]

And this is why his agent was sacked a few days later

[pwrcaelenx]

Who needs Osimhen when you have Jackson??

[guyfryer]

At this point, I was close to joining Chelsea!

[lsr]

Football inflation has stagnated. Clubs need to lower their asking prices now

[brunoactis]

I really don't know about him. At 25, he only had one good season in his life and couldn't follow it up with anything remotely decent.

[joshuaj]

This paints him in such a bad light and most of this doesn't provide context. Osimhen was a victim of greed and chelsea dysfunction. This is unfair because most people won't read the full piece even if it provides the context.

[aymaanskhan]

Galatasaray is better than Chelsea tho?

[chiefnkosi]

Zaha is another one who overestimated his value

[georgeo]

Overrated
Injury prone
Overpriced
Overpaid

[ghosty]

Biggest flop as player in history just to go to a Turkey team

[alexOO]

His Christiano Ronaldo ego with Manchester United levels is really bad for any club
And after getting kicked out of the plans and not taking Chelsea's deal, man had no choice but to go to turkey