Quote from: Farma on June 26, 2024, 01:24:36 PM

Quote from: Uruhara on June 26, 2024, 01:15:06 PM

People probably hope so. Namely, he hopes that Osimhen will reduce his desire to leave Napoli after this club succeeded in bringing in a really great coach like Antonio Conte. But unfortunately the speculation currently circulating is different. Because Antonio Conte seems to still want the club to bring in Lukaku from Chelsea. Meanwhile, the club seems to only be able to grant Conte's request if Osimhen is successfully released in the transfer market this time. Because I heard that Napoli plans to bring in Lukaku from Chelsea if Osimhen is released. With this I think it is clear that Conte prioritizes bringing in Lukaku rather than keeping Osimhen at the club. But until now it seems there has been no official offer from any club for Osimhen. Even though several clubs are interested and have approached Osimhen, in fact they have not made an official offer. For example Arsenal and Chelsea and also PSG.¹

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1. https://soccer.indozone.id/bursa-transfer/984795054/napoli-rela-turunkan-harga-osimhen-demi-datangkan-lukaku

This is quite strange, I'm sure there is something behind all this because it is impossible for Conte to choose Lukaku over Osimhen, in terms of quality these two players are very different, Osimhen is still very young compared to Lukaku and Osimhen's quality is much better than Lukaku and also as seen in several In the last season, Lukaku's performance has declined very much, so there really isn't a proper comparison between the two for Lukaku's strengths, there isn't, so I think this all doesn't make sense.
I believe Osimhen no longer feels at home at Napoli or Napoli management needs fresh funds to bring in other players and Osimhen is the victim for all of that.

But news of Conte's closeness to Lukaku has even been reported since before Conte officially became Napoli coach. So it is not surprising that Conte wants to bring in this player. After he officially became Napoli coach. Maybe it's not a matter of who is better and more needed by the team. And it's also not a matter of whose quality is better. but this is indeed a situation that allows this to happen. It is certain that the club really wants to let Osimhen go, and Osimhen himself no longer feels at home at Napoli. Conte definitely understands this situation and yes he has to bring in players who want to follow him and Lukaku happens to be his target. To be honest, I now feel quite sorry for Osimhen. He is actually like a hero at Napoli who also contributed greatly to Napoli's victory in the 2023 season for the title that Napoli won at that time. And in the 2023 season we could even see Napoli's performance not being so good when Osimhen is absent. And when Osimhen returned to the field, Napoli improved again at that time. But several events that happened last season, especially at the start of the season, really made Osimhen no longer feel at home there and yes, Spalletti left last season and maybe it's time for Osimhen to leave this season too.