From the Serie A Golden Boot to the abandoned son of a wealthy family: Why is Osmene collectively "neglected" by Europe?

This goal machine from Nigeria is now in a dilemma. Let's take a look at Osmaine's bizarre transfer case.

At the end of the 2022/23 season, Osmeen scored 26 goals in the Serie A stadium, helping Napoli regain the league championship after 33 years. The tall center also won the Serie A Golden Boot Award with a smile. However, in the blink of an eye, 2025 came, and Naples was afraid to avoid Osmeen. Of course, the 75 million euro termination clause is excluded.

Osmeen was loaned to Galatasaray, Turkey in the 2024/25 season. There, he once again showed his true self-defeating skills, scoring 26 goals in 30 league games, winning the Golden Boot of the Turkish Super League, and helping the team win the Turkish Super League championship trophy. Now, Osmayen has been ordered to return to Naples and has been arranged to train with the youth team, away from the first team that is about to start pre-season preparations.

The Nigerian international hopes to join the new club before the pre-season preparations begin, but this is the problem. No top club is willing to bet on Osmayen.

Juventus has just finalized the Jonathan David deal, which means they have no need for Osmayen. Chelsea signed Liam Drapp, Arsenal is chasing Sheshko or Dzekelash, while Manchester United chooses to wait and see. So, why do these wealthy families turn a blind eye to Osmayen?

Salary requirements are too high

The outside world generally believes that for top European clubs, which are deeply restricted by the Fiscal Fairness Act (FFP), Osmeen's salary requirements are ridiculously high. Chelsea nearly signed Osmeen last summer, but the deal failed on the deadline because Osmeen refused a offer that was lower than his weekly salary of £400,000 in Naples.

Before Galatasaray reached out to help, the forward would rather sit on the bench than join the Blues. It is said that major European clubs generally feel that Osmaine's salary requirements are unyielding, especially after experiencing the transfer storm with Chelsea.

Waiting Game

Last summer, Osmaine's transfer farce dragged until the deadline and even longer. This summer, the same drama seems to be happening again.

When Osmayen was on vacation in Nigeria, clubs were signing new players for the preseason. If no substantial offer appears in the last few days of the transfer window, Naples may be forced to lower the asking price in order to get rid of his sky-high salary burden.

If this is true, several European teams, including Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, may wait for an opportunity to try to buy at the bottom and sign Osmaine.