{"id":621895,"date":"2023-02-03T06:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T11:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621895"},"modified":"2023-02-03T06:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T11:24:50","slug":"manchester-united-victor-osimhen-transfer-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/02\/03\/manchester-united-victor-osimhen-transfer-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Phenomenal\u2019 15-Goal Striker Will Cost Manchester United at Least \u00a389 Million in the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will have to pay at least \u00a389 million to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen in the summer transfer window, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/football\/blog-soccer-transfers\/story\/4867454\/man-united-psg-summer-target-victor-osimhen-could-cost-more-than-100m\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN&#8217;s Mark Ogden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are yet to sign a permanent successor to Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the club in November.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Discover Massive Transfer Fee for Victor Osimhen<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ESPN Notebook: Man United, PSG summer target Victor Osimhen could cost more than \u20ac100m \/ PSG anger over Ziyech <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/re6tAeBYJF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/re6tAeBYJF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Ogden (@MarkOgden_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkOgden_\/status\/1621443325302546433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>United Face Stiff Competition for Victor Osimhen Transfer<\/h3>\n<p>Ogden adds that the forward is high on the summer transfer list of both the Red Devils as well as Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain. But Napoli will not let him go for anything less than \u00a389 million, having only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/international-football\/2020\/07\/31\/5f24634046163f050a8b45e3.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed<\/a> him from Lille in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/bayern-munich-manchester-united-marcel-sabitzer\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Announce Marcel Sabitzer Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it is also reported that the strong interest from the European giants has raised the possibility of the Serie A league leaders even demanding a higher fee from his departure. Osimhen has been in amazing form this season, having scored 15 goals and provided four assists in just 20 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<h3>United Set to Fight for New Striker Signing in the Summer<\/h3>\n<p>It has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/football\/soccer-transfers\/story\/4848582\/man-united-need-weghorst-now-but-have-long-term-ambition-for-osimhen-sesko-or-kane\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that the Red Devils will push to sign a world-class forward in the summer transfer window, having <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/12\/manchester-united-agree-wout-weghorst-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">only brought in Wout Weghorst<\/a> on a loan deal for the rest of the season. Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/manchester-united-consider-summer-move-for-harry-kane-92xsk5pnk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> to be another target for Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side, but they realize that it could be difficult to sign him from a Premier League rival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/anthony-elanga-set-for-manchester-united-stay-despite-barcelona-contact\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Had Contact With Barcelona Over Anthony Elanga January Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Osimhen, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/napolis-osimhen-is-phenomenal-cagliaris-mazzarri-showers-praise-on-forward\/lzeii5kj10211mt87d6u82f9b\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described<\/a> as a &#8216;phenomenal&#8217; striker by Italian manager Walter Mazzarri last year, is among the most in-form strikers in Europe&#8217;s top-five leagues this season. The 24-year-old could be a great fit for United, which is why they are looking to make a move for him in the summer window &#8211; even though it&#8217;s likely to cost them a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"3cn7HUaFQ0ly1mrj15Jexg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1460747352\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'3cn7HUaFQ0ly1mrj15Jexg',sig:'UFz2q9DtmxQWJw6FuVPpmH0GPdRiPzYDWBONn8naiRk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1460747352',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will have to pay at least \u00a389 million to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen in the summer transfer window, as per ESPN&#8217;s Mark Ogden. The Red Devils are yet to sign a permanent successor to Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the club in November. Manchester United Discover Massive Transfer Fee for Victor Osimhen ESPN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":621908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,7188,5],"tags":[7380,895,4293],"class_list":["post-621895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-napoli","tag-victor-osimhen"],"modified_by":"Harry Dowsett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}