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Osimhen to earn £1m weekly as Al-Hilal ‘submit €140m bid’ to Napoli

Napoli have reportedly received a €140 million (£120.3m) offer from Al-Hilal to sign Victor Osimhen. 

According to Sky News, the Nigerian striker will earn wages in the region of £1 million per week if the Italian club accepts the offer.

Over the past month, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Manchester United have reportedly been linked with the 24-year-old.

However, Aurelio De Laurentiis, Napoli president, said the club wants to hold on to Osimhen but is “willing to consider an offer we could not refuse.”

It is believed that the Italian club wants more than €150m (£128.8m) to sell the Lagos-born striker.

Osimhen scored 26 league goals as The Parthenopeans won their first Scudetto in 33 years.

He was the top goalscorer in the league, making him the first African player to claim this accolade in Serie A history.

The Nigerian was voted the best striker in Serie A and won the 2022 prize for foreign athlete of the year in Italy.

If Napoli accept the Saudi club’s bid, Osimhen will extend his record as the most expensive African player, surpassing the figure that saw him move to Italy in 2020.

Al-Hilal are attempting a major coup of top talents across Europe this summer. The club had reportedly bid €300m (£259m) for Paris St-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe.

Raufu Musliyu

Raufu Musliyu is the Editor-in-Chief of News Flash Media Service. He is a PhD Student of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin in the field of Mass Communication. Musliyu holds Masters of Science (M.Sc) Degree in Mass Communication majoring in Public Relations/Advertising. He also holds Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication. The Editor-in-Chief also bagged Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Public Relations. He is an Associate of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON). Musliyu is the Head of Corporate of Affairs & Administration of Abdulrauf Jimoh & Co.

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