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There’s an important story on Victor Osimhen. Speaking to CBS, he said yesterday that he’s already made a decision on his future – he will move from Napoli in the summer. Although he signed a new contract, there is a release clause there and his decision is to leave in the summer.
Osimhen will complete the season at Napoli and then will leave in the summer – he believes his cycle at Napoli after great success there is done. Chelsea will be in the conversation as he’s always been highly rated there, keep an eye on Arsenal too, while there is also going to be interest from Saudi again.
Let’s see how it goes, but he’s confirmed he will be available on the market this summer and keen to try a new experience.
A deal is finally done for Kalvin Phillips to join West Ham – a big ‘here we go’. He was previously on Juventus’ list before they left the conversations because it was too expensive and Massimiliano Allegri preferred a different kind of midfielder.
West Ham are now closing the deal, despite links with Barcelona – it was never a priority for them, and West Ham have now done incredible work to beat the competition to this deal. Phillips joins on loan with a buy option, not mandatory. It’s done, he’ll travel to West Ham for medical tests today.
Phillips was always a top target for West Ham, since day one. They’ve been silent as there was huge competition but Tim Steidten was crucial to make the deal happen and it’s been agreed. Crystal Palace were interested, as Roy Hodgson admitted publicly, but in the end West Ham made a better proposal.
There is an agreement in place between clubs for exciting young Belgian talent Arthur Vermeeren. Antwerp accepted a bid of €22m plus add-ons from Atletico Madrid, now there’s the personal terms agreement to finalise and clarify.
Many clubs were scouting Vermeeren in recent times, with Barcelona and Juventus recently…
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Author : Fabrizio Romano
Publish date : 2024-01-24 18:50:00
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