Reports say the £97.5m flop could be in peril.
Chelsea have contacted for a premier European striker as they indeed look set to spend enormous this late spring.
Chelsea move reports
Chelsea have spent a lot of money ever since Todd Boehly took over the Premier League giants. The 2023 summer move window saw them splash out around £500m on players, following on from the 2022 winter window when they paid out around £200m on big names like Enzo Fernandez.
In any case, for all their enormous spending throughout the past year or something like that, the Blues are yet to get results on the pitch. Chelsea passed up any type of European football last season and will end 2023/24 with practically no trophy after losing the League Cup final to Liverpool in February.
The West Londoners can in any case still get Europa League or Europa Conference League place for 2024/25, however, given the history of the club, this is likely different from where Todd Boehly maintains that his group should be. As a result, several players are being tipped to move to Stamford Bridge and another busy transfer window could be around the corner.
As per a report recently, Chelsea has five strikers they are taking a gander at in front of the following transfer window, with RB Leipzig centre forward Benjamin Sesko, who has a £42m release clause in his current contract, remembered to be the primary objective of those players.
Somewhere else, Chelsea have an eye on Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo in front of the summer transfer window and are keen on signing Palmeiras forward Estevao Willian, who could impair the Blues as much as £65m.
Chelsea makes contact for 16-goal striker
Now, it appears that Chelsea wants to add a big name to their center-forward group this summer. As per Gianluca Di Marzio, Chelsea are enthused about signing Napoli striker Victor Osimhen towards the end of the season.
Osimhen has been quite possibly one of the best strikers in Europe over the past couple of seasons. Thus, it's anything but a shock to see Di Marzio guarantee the Blues are anxious to get his signature and are ready to offer an expense of around €80-90m (£69-77m) to do as such. Chelsea might likewise want to include Romelu Lukaku and a youthful player in any possible arrangement to fulfill Napoli.
Osimhen has ruled in Serie A for quite a while and has gained the appreciation of the Italian press. Following a success over Cagliari recently, Corriere dello Sport labeled the hitman "unmarkable" and "a force of nature".
The Nigerian has scored 16 goals and given four assists in 29 outings across all competitions this season. Nearly, Chelsea's current no.9, Nicolas Jackson, has a similar sum in 12 additional games this season.
Considering that Lukaku re-signed for Chelsea for an eye-watering amount of £97.5m in the mid-year of 2021, permitting the Belgian to move on would be a tremendous call from Todd Boehly, as this would affirm a huge transfer botch from the past regime.
Nonetheless, there is obviously a requirement for additional experienced players in this youthful Blues side, and signing a title winner in Osimhen to Stamford bridge could be classed as an excellent business this summer, even to the detriment of a close £100m flop in Lukaku."