Napoli striker Victor Osimhen features prominently on Paris Saint-Germain’s transfer shortlist after Kylian Mbappe informed the club of his intention to leave this summer.
Mbappe’s contract expires in June 2024 and he is set to leave the Parc des Princes as a free agent at the end of the current season.
Nigeria international Osimhen, 24, has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Mbappe at PSG, with the club weighing up a transfer approach this summer.
Osimhen joined Napoli from Lille in 2020 and has scored 67 goals in 119 appearances for the Italian club.
The Nigerian was instrumental in Napoli’s first Serie A title in 33 years last season, netting 26 times in 32 league appearances.
Osimhen began his career at German club Wolfsburg, before spending the 2018-19 campaign on loan at Belgian club Charleroi and joining Lille on a permanent deal the following season.
The striker scored 18 goals in his sole campaign at Lille before joining Napoli in a club-record fee of €70million potentially rising to €80m with add-ons.
Luis Campos, who works as a football advisor at PSG with a role in the club’s transfer recruitment, previously signed Osimhen for Lille.
Napoli club president Aurelio de Laurentiis has previously sanctioned the transfer exits of strikers Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi to PSG, while midfielder Fabian Ruiz moved to the French capital club from Napoli in 2022.
PSG are well-stocked in attacking positions, having signed strikers Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani last summer, while also adding wide forwards Ousmane Dembele and Marco Asensio from Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively, with Bradley Barcola also joining from Lyon.
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