• Chemical_Bluebird85@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I guess that Napoli want to keep him for the future. I’m sure that Victor still wants to play for the club. This is just papertalk as I guess football journalist still need to work. However, if any club still are interested in him, they are happy to sell him at their valuation.

  • Sentau@lemmy.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    They could have just come out and said that they don’t want to sell him. If PSG do spend 180+ on oshimen then they have more money than sense

  • 佐藤カズマ@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 year ago

    Lol that’s batshit insane. As a Bayern fan I know we never had a shot, but holy fuck this is utterly detached if even Mbappé would barely get that…

    • Boondock@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      maybe they dont want to sell him at all and he himself hasn’t expressed a desire to move on

      Think from their perspective - Osimhen led the club to their first Serie A title since 1990 and led them further in the Champions League than ever before. What’s the price tag for that type of club success? Selling him for 100m gets you like 2, maybe 3 solid players but you’re still likely short of his goal production.

      As an example- Jack Grealish and Villa. They bought Ings, Bailey, and Buendia with the 100mil and none of those 3 have been worth a damn really and Ings was already sold off at a loss. Recruitment is hard and when you have a bonafide star and he’s not actively asking to be transferred, put whatever damn price he’s actually worth to you on his head versus what all the big clubs want to actually pay. There’s zero obligation that you HAVE to sell to bigger clubs.

      fwiw though - i saw their new contract they’re offering him has a 160mil release clause, not 180

      • 佐藤カズマ@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        1 year ago

        I guess I hadn’t considered this possibility, so thanks for clearing things up. That makes sense. But why include a release clause at all? Wouldn’t it be better for Napoli to simply make him fulfil the entire deal and not include a release clause?

        • Boondock@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          because expecting him to have 100% loyalty is unrealistic. Negotiating a release clause is basically a club saying “look we value you at 180, but we dont want to give you handcuffs so we’ll accept 160 for your release”

          going back to villa example - grealish was given a 100m release clause because it was set as at english record level and that way the team could say “look we really dont want to sell you as we think you’re the best, but if someones willing to pay up for the best, then we wont stand in the way”

          in short - its just a way of appeasing players that you’re not going to just deny every single offer that comes their way even if they do want out