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Osimhen’s sterling performance in the 2023/24 season for Napoli made him the first item in the summer transfer window, but he could be the last with just seven days of business left.

PSG, who were the first suitors to make enquiries about the 25-year-old Nigeria striker as a possible replacement for Kylian Mbappe, have since backed down.

Chelsea were also interested, but the Premier League club prefer a loan deal, which Osimhen’s camp wouldn’t entertain. The Blues remain his only chance to play in the Premier League but that can only happen if the club decide to buy or the player heads to Stamford Bridge on a loan deal that will lower his weekly wages.

Manchester also mooted the idea of signing the African Footballer of the Year in the early days of the summer transfer window, but the Red Devils never took their interest close to making an offer.

Osimhen has also been linked with Arsenal all summer, largely touted as the ideal pointman needed by the Gunners to favourably mount a title challenge. This has also vanished like the vapour, with Mikel Arteta ruling out the possibility.

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