Juventus to Meet Napoli President on Osimhen

Italian Serie A giants, Juventus, are not letting up in their quest to sign Victor Osimhen next summer transfer window.

According to Italian journalist, Niccolo Ceccarini of Tuttomercatoweb, Juventus plan to meet with Napoli President, Aurelio De Launrentiis on Osimhen’s transfer in the summer.

France international, Kolo Muani, has made an immediate impact at Juve since his loan transfer from PSG.

Both the club and the player are happy with how things have gone since his arrival last month, however, the price tag of 75 Million Euros placed on him by PSG could be a major stumbling block on a permanent transfer.

His salary is also high – around Six Million Euros-a-year.

Juventus star striker Dusan Vlahovic has yet to agree a new contract, which makes his transfer possibly to the Premier League the even more likely.

Osimhen transfer to Juventus will not be without its own constraints, though.

“Osimhen will return to Napoli from Galatasaray at the end of the championship. The negotiations will not be simple, but the Bianconeri will try to find an agreement with De Laurentiis,” reported Niccolo Cessarini at the weekend.

It is also not certain if English topflight strugglers, Manchester United will return to bid for the Nigerian star striker after their efforts in January window failed.

PREMIER LEAGUE

Liverpool Restore Seven-point Lead over Arsenal

Mohamed Salah continued his hot scoring streak as a nervy Liverpool dispatched Wolves 2-1 to move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

The Egypt forward converted from the penalty spot to make it five goals in four league games with boss Arne Slot watching on from the bench.

Reds boss Slot was given a red card in the aftermath of Liverpool’s Merseyside derby draw with Evertonbut the Dutchman has until Wednesday to respond to a Football Association charge.

Putting Everton’s 98th-minute mid-week equaliser behind them, the Reds started well at Anfield and opened the scoring after 15 minutes thanks to the determination of Luis Diaz.

The Colombia forward ended a run of 10 games without a goal as he bundled the ball over the line after Salah’s pass was deflected in the box by Wolves defender Toti Gomes.

Twenty two minutes later, referee Simon Hooper pointed to the spot as Diaz was felled in the box by Wolves keeper Jose Sa and Salah slotted down the middle for his 23rd league goal of the campaign.

The game looked set to be a routine Liverpool win at the break but Wolves striker Matheus Cunha made it anything but as he beautifully curled home his 12th league goal of the season in the 67th minute – meaning Slot’s side are without a home clean sheet since 1 December.

Elsewhere, James Maddison scored the lone winner as Tottenham defeated Manchester United 1-0 for Spurs to climb up to 12th while the Red Devils dropped to 15th on the English Premier League table.

RESULTS 

Premier League

Liverpool 2-1 Wolves

Tottenham 1-0 Man Utd

NPFL

Rangers 2-1 Remo Stars

Heartland 2-1 Shooting 

B’Insurance 3-0 Tornadoes