Man United transfer news: Could Red Devils complete sensational £70m Victor Osimhen January deal?

Napoli guardant Victor Osimhen is reportedly determined to unafraid a determination to Manchester United earlier the January transportation model closes for business, with the Red Devils said to beryllium exploring a move.

The 26-year-old joined Galatasaray connected indebtedness from Napoli past summer, and helium has represented the Turkish giants connected 16 occasions, scoring 13 goals and registering 5 assists successful the process.

Osimhen is owed to decorativeness the play with the Istanbul club, but determination person precocious been claims that the Nigeria planetary could beryllium progressive in a sensational swap deal with Marcus Rashford, which would spot the Englishman caput to Napoli.

According to Business Day, the striker has made it wide that helium wants to determination to Old Trafford, and it is understood that 'preliminary moves' person taken spot with a presumption to a woody going done this month.

The study claims that Napoli whitethorn let Osimhen to permission for €75m (£62m), though Galatasaray whitethorn besides person to beryllium paid €10m (£8m) arsenic compensation successful bid to chopped his indebtedness spell short.

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Osimhen 'expresses a desire' to implicit Man United move

Osimhen has a grounds of 76 goals and 18 assists successful 133 matches for Napoli, including 65 goals and 16 assists successful 108 outings successful the apical formation of Italian football, but helium is improbable to correspond the nine again.

Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea were some linked with the Nigerian past year, portion determination is believed to beryllium superior involvement from the Saudi Pro League, but Osimhen allegedly wants to determination to the Premier League.

Man United caput manager Ruben Amorim has confirmed that his nine "will effort to bash something" during the January transportation model contempt their fiscal issues this month.

"When the model is open, we tin effort to bash thing and we volition effort to bash something. But I think, successful the adjacent weeks, we are going to person much clip to bid and we tin improve, that's the lone way," Amorim told reporters connected Friday.

"We had a batch of games without training, present we volition person much abstraction to grow. You tin spot that the discourse is worse successful this moment, arsenic we had a batch of losses, truthful we person to negociate everything."

When asked astir which positions are successful request of strengthening, Amorim said: "I volition support that to myself. But we'll effort to bash something."

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How could Man United money a determination for Osimhen?

Financial Fair Play and the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability rules person near Man United successful a pugnacious spot this month, with the Red Devils allegedly having 'no budget' astatine this infinitesimal successful time.

However, the concern would alteration if the 20-time English champions were capable to determination players on, and a fig of first-team stars are presently being linked with Old Trafford departures.

Rashford, arsenic mentioned, is being heavy linked with an exit and could beryllium progressive successful the Osimhen deal, portion Joshua Zirkzee, Casemiro, Christian Eriksen and Victor Lindelof are each believed to beryllium available.

Moving 2 oregon 3 of those players connected would spot Man United marque important savings successful presumption of wages, perchance opening the doorway for a spectacular determination for Osimhen, particularly if Rashford tin beryllium sold successful January, arsenic his departure would number arsenic axenic nett erstwhile it comes to the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability rules.

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