Victor Osimhen is back on the radar of Premier League giants Manchester United and according to the reports, they will go all out for the Napoli striker next summer.
Sources have told the Manchester Evening News United are continuing to compile long and shortlists of targets as part of their recruitment process
There is already a growing clamour among the United fanbase to sign a forward in the January transfer window but the club’s preference is to start the next phase of their rebuild in the summer.
It would be nigh-on impossible to extract Osimhen mid-season as Napoli are unbeaten and eight points clear, having also topped their Champions League group. Napoli’s only titles remain the two won under the influence of Diego Maradona in 1987 and 1990.
There is added pressure on United to have an attainable shortlist of targets as a number of elite clubs are expected to be in the market for a goalscorer next year.
Bayern Munich did not directly replace Robert Lewandowski, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is only a stop-gap at Chelsea and Harry Kane’s future at Tottenham is unclear as he approaches the last 18 months of his contract.
Osimhen is of interest to United as they draft up their long and shortlists of goalscoring targets next year.
Osimhen, 23, is the top scorer in Serie A and has plundered nine goals in 13 games this season for Napoli, who are top of the Italian league.
The Nigeria international is a club-record signing and contracted to Napoli until 2025, but the Neapolitans will come under pressure to sell if he enters the last two years of his contract.
