According to one Italian media site, Liverpool is interested in a player whom Jorg Schmadtke once sold, much to his chagrin.
“There is strong, strong interest in Victor Osimhen from Liverpool,” claimed Valter De Maggio, director of radio station Kiss Kiss Napoli, on Radio Goal (via Napoli Magazine). Then we’ll have to see if the Reds will put pressure on Osimhen’s agent to renew his contract or not.”
According to The Mirror, when he was at Wolfsburg in 2019, the current Anfield sporting director sanctioned the sale of the Nigerian striker to Charleroi for a pittance of £3 million, which the 59-year-old later confessed was a mistake on his side.
Liverpool’s interest in Osimhen dates back to 2020, when Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli was so keen to get the striker (then at Lille) that he locked him in a hotel for three days before agreeing to join the Serie A club (Tuttosport, via Football Italia).
The £90,000-per-week striker (Capology) has 65 goals in 111 games for his current club, with 26 of those goals coming in their title-winning season last season (Transfermarkt).
He’d also started the season strongly, scoring six goals in eight league games until suffering a muscle injury recently (Transfermarkt).
If Liverpool is actually interested in Osimhen, they will have to dig deep into their coffers to secure him, with rumours earlier this year claiming that Napoli value the 24-year-old at a whopping £150 million (football.london).
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