Victor Osimhen will not be going to Chelsea this summer, according to Nigerian sports photo-journalist, Sulaiman Adebayo known as Pooja.
Pooja Media as he is known on X made this disclosure through a post he shared on Saturday morning.
“I will always be grateful to God that I was the one that broke the biggest transfer new this transfer window,” Pooja who is very close to Osimhen wrote.
“Victor Osimhen IS NOT GOING to Chelsea this summer transfer window. Brick by brick!!! Growth.”
Chelsea was reportedly the only club left in the transfer race to sign the Super Eagles striker from Napoli.
Paris Saint-Germain had been strongly linked to the Nigerian international this summer with Arsenal and Bayern Munich also showing interest.
With Harry Kane now at Bayern and Arsenal unwilling to sanction such a marquee signing, PSG and Chelsea were the teams properly tipped to sign Osimhen.
PSG, however, decided to move away from pursuing a deal for the 25-year-old, leaving Chelsea as his only suitor.
Napoli remain adamant he will not be at the club for the upcoming campaign with the latest update from sporting director, Giovanni Manna.
Manna suggested that the stance is still in place, especially with coach Antonio Conte having brought Romelu Lukaku to Napoli.
“He asked to leave,” Manna said earlier this month as quoted by Italian transfer expert, Gianluca Di Marzio.
“We are calm because we have players in the squad who can replace Osimhen in the best way possible.
“However, we do not want to harm the integrity of the group and want to preserve it. We will see what will happen in the next few days.”
