Victor Osimhen will certainly leave Belgium side Charleroi in the summer despite joining the team on a permanent deal from Wolfsburg after his successful loan spell with the team last season.
Charleroi exercised the option of making the deal permanent two weeks ago as exclusively reported by this portal, although it seems their main aim is to trade him off before the end of the summer transfer window. Enhanced your betting by signing up to the best mobile betting sites and enjoy instant deposits and withdrawals all on your mobile.
A fee of €15m has been pegged as his price tag with French Ligue 1 side Lille and Italian Serie A side Atalanta the leading contenders to match the fee, which will be shared by Charleroi and Wolfsburg due to the percentage sell on clause inserted in his permanent transfer.
Asked about the interest from Lille, Osimhen who scored 20 goals in all competitions last season said he is aware of the interest from the Ligue 1 side although his representatives are also studying an interesting offer from a UEFA Champions League team in Italy.
” My focus is on the Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria. I know of the interest of Lille and I can’t deny I love the style of play of the Ligue 1 but there are other offers that my representatives are looking at and yes a team in Italy that will play in the UEFA Champions League next season have started talks with my team”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com in an exclusive chat.
Atalanta will play in next season UEFA Champions League and per reports in the Italian media, his move to the team will most likely happen after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations barring a last minute change of mind from the 20 year old forward.
