{"id":631997,"date":"2023-11-27T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=631997"},"modified":"2023-11-27T13:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:09:29","slug":"arsenal-napoli-victor-osimhen-transfer-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/27\/arsenal-napoli-victor-osimhen-transfer-links\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Anything Can Happen\u2019: Fabrizio Romano Reports That \u00a3104M Star\u2019s Agent \u2018Held Talks\u2019 With Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the transfer market rumbles with speculations, the latest reports hint at Arsenal&#8217;s potential interest in Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/i\/139188723\/a-look-at-arsenal-links-with-serie-a-duo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> adds that the Gunners held talks with his agent over a year ago and that a move next year could be a possibility.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Showing Interest in Victor Osimhen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>What Could Hamper Arsenal\u2019s Chances of Winning the Premier League This Season?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GNhwMen_Qo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The Gunners Are in the Market for a Striker<\/h3>\n<p>As per Romano, Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side are looking to add a striker to their ranks in 2024. Despite Gabriel Jesus&#8217; abilities on and off the ball, the Gunners have lacked a prolific goalscorer. Their over-reliance on goals from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli could hinder their chances of capturing the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/27\/arsenal-douglas-luiz-message\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;No Plans to Sell Him&#8217;: Arsenal Fans Receive Frustrating Update over Chase of Dream Target<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This could force the North London side to look for reinforcements elsewhere and Osimhen fits the mold of a striker that Arteta would want.<\/p>\n<h3>Past Interactions With Victor Osimhen\u2019s Agent<\/h3>\n<p>The transfer insider adds that the Nigerian&#8217;s agent held talks with Arsenal over a potential move, a little over a year ago. The Gunners were also heavily interested in him when he was playing in the French league for Lille. However, due to Financial Fair Play constraints, a January move may not materialize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/27\/arsenal-michael-kayode-fiorentina-transfer-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Identify Potential Ben White Replacement in \u2018Fearless\u2019 Serie A Youngster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to this,\u00a0<em>Gli Azzurri\u00a0<\/em>are not interested in parting ways with their star striker in the middle of the season. Romano reports that despite this, anything can happen in the summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Interest From Chelsea<\/h3>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s London rivals, Chelsea, are also reportedly interested in signing a striker. Depending on how the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/20\/arsenal-chelsea-monitoring-ivan-toney-brentford\/\" target=\"_self\">Ivan Toney<\/a> transfer saga unfolds, we could see another massive bidding war for the 24-year-old who is valued at around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/victor-osimhen\/profil\/spieler\/401923\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a3104 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the transfer market rumbles with speculations, the latest reports hint at Arsenal&#8217;s potential interest in Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. Fabrizio Romano adds that the Gunners held talks with his agent over a year ago and that a move next year could be a possibility. Arsenal Showing Interest in Victor Osimhen Watch:\u00a0What Could Hamper Arsenal\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":631998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[8,3,7188],"tags":[3190,4293],"class_list":["post-631997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-victor-osimhen"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631997","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\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}