DONE DEAL: Napoli sign Arsenal duo in an Osimhen swap deal as Chelsea accepts a £30 million bid for Armando Broja to replace Victor Osimhem as well as Romelu Lukaku.

DONE DEAL: Napoli sign Arsenal duo in an Osimhen swap deal as Chelsea accepts a £30 million bid for Armando Broja to replace Victor Osimhem as well as Romelu Lukaku.

DONE DEAL: Napoli sign Arsenal duo in an Osimhen swap deal as Chelsea accepts a £30 million bid for Armando Broja to replace Victor Osimhem as well as Romelu Lukaku.

Napoli are reportedly interested in signing two Arsenal players Emile Smith Rowe or Takehiro Tomiyasu as part of a potential deal for Victor Osimhen.

Osimhen, who netted 15 goals in Serie A last season, was widely expected to leave Napoli at the end of the season. In January, Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis suggested the striker could move to Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, or a Premier League club this summer.

Although Osimhen has an option to join the Saudi Pro League, he prefers to stay in Europe.

Despite the anticipation, Napoli have not yet received any offers for the 25-year-old forward. Corriere dello Sport reports that the Serie A club is looking for a fee close to Osimhen’s €130 million (£110.8 million) release clause. With interest from Arsenal resurfacing, Napoli are exploring ways to offset the high cost by including Arsenal players in the deal.

Napoli are reportedly interested in Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiyasu from Mikel Arteta’s squad. The Italian club had shown interest in these players during the January transfer window, prior to Tomiyasu signing a new contract in March.

Smith Rowe has struggled for playing time under Arteta this season, starting only three Premier League games. Arsenal are believed to be open to offers for the 23-year-old, with Fulham already prioritizing him as a transfer target.

The two players could be valued north of £70 million by Arsenal, which would bring them closer to making a concrete offer lower than the release clause in Osimhen’s contract—a tempting prospect for Napoli.

A clinical striker is a top priority for Mikel Arteta this summer, with many believing it is the final piece needed to secure the Premier League title. Osimhen is regarded as one of the best strikers in Europe and has been linked with a potential move to the Emirates for some time.

The Nigerian striker has a £110 million release clause, and Corriere dello Sport claims there has been little indication that any club will meet that price. The report states that Osimhen is keen on a move to the Premier League, and Arsenal have ‘resurfaced’ with their interest.

Napoli are reportedly looking at a number of Chelsea players in their quest to replace one of their top players this summer.

It has been claimed that Victor Osimhen is going to be on the move this summer, however the Serie A side are finding it difficult to move him on for the fee they wanted.

Chelsea were one of the sides who over the last 12 months who were reportedly really keen on bringing him in, however that interest seems to have cooled in recent weeks.

It looks as if a new striker coming in is waiting on them making a sale in the same position, with there still a desire to move on Romelu Lukaku.

They are running into a problem in finding a permanent suitor for him, however he is one of two players who Napoli are considering to bring in to replace Osimhen.

Napoli considering Armando Broja to replace Osimhen

According to agent Serxiho Mezi, the Serie A side are also looking at Armando Broja as an option to replace the striker this summer too.

He told 1 Football Club (via TuttoJuve): “Osimhen? There is no margin for him to remain at Napoli. Work has been underway for some time to replace him and the two names on the list are Broja, for whom the Azzurri are the main interested parties in Italy, the only problem could be Napoli’s failure to participate in the Champions League; the other name is Lukaku.”

New Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is reportedly wanting a new striker to come in because he does not want to start the season with just Nicolas Jackson as an option in that position.

This hints that he has no intention at this stage of working with Broja, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Fulham.

The fact that minutes were hard to come by there though suggests that a future at the club he grew up with is looking pretty bleak at this stage.

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