Liverpool proposed to exchange Victor Osimhen with Darwin Nunez and Federico Chiesa. But according to journalist Valter de Maggio, Napoli rejected the offer to swap the price and ask Liverpool to pay an additional 20 million euros.
Despite winning the Premier League championship quite convincingly last season, Liverpool understands that they need to strengthen the squad in the summer transfer window to maintain advantages against competitors like Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea. Coach Arne Slot quickly acted when he brought back to Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, and defender Milos Kerkez was also about to dock Anfield from Bournemouth in the next few days.
Not stopping there, the Premier League champion is also very interested in recruiting a classy center this summer. The transfer reporter Rudy Galetti of TeamTalk said on June 17 that Liverpool is among the teams pursuing Victor Osimhen.
According to sources from Teamtalk, Osimhen has a £ 75 million liberation provision (equivalent to 64.2 million pounds) in the contract with Napoli. The Italian team also wants to bring two players from Liverpool: striker Darwin Nunez and Federico Winger Chiesa.
Liverpool is ready to leave Nunez and Chiesa to Napoli in an agreement to exchange Osimhen – the coach of the Nigeria team, Eric Chelle, called the “best striker in the world” on the BBC Sport Africa earlier this month.
Journalist Valter de Maggio of Kiss Kiss Kiss Napoli revealed that Napoli had a response to the proposal from the Liverpool. He said: “There is a transfer relationship between Napoli and Liverpool. The British club wants Osimhen, but Napoli does not accept any concessions of the Liberation Clause, and requires enough 75 million euros as prescribed.”
“Napoli's sports director, Giovanni Manna, asked for information about the two Liverpool players – Darwin Nunez and former Juventus player, Federico Chiesa.”
De Maggio added: “Liverpool has actively approached Napoli and proposed an agreement to exchange prices between players. However, President Napoli – Mr. Aurelio de Laurentiis – has a different view and disagrees. He requires Liverpool to give Chiesa, Nunez and an additional $ 20 million (about 17.1 million pounds) if he wants to own Osimhen.”