VICTOR OSIMHEN is set to snub Chelsea and join Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli in a deal worth £67.3million, according to reports.
The Napoli striker, 25, has been heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge throughout the summer.
Meanwhile, Al-Ahli were interested in signing Brentford striker Ivan Toney – who rejected the Saudi side as he eyes a Premier League move.
Now the Middle East outfit have set their sights on Osimhen, with Sky Sports reporting he is poised to sign for Al-Ahli.
It comes after SunSport revealed Osimhen was demanding £500,000-a-week wages to join Chelsea.
He is expected to earn £635,000-a-week and £33.5m per year at Al-Ahli.
And the Saudis will pay Napoli a huge £67million transfer fee.
The Blues agreed a deal with Napoli for Romelu Lukaku to move to Italy for £38million.
But their negotiations for Osimhen have come to nothing and that now opens the door for Ivan Toney to join Chelsea.
However, Toney’s transfer to Stamford Bridge could be dependent on Chelsea’s outgoing on Deadline Day.
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PREMIER LEAGUE legend Jamie Carragher let rip at Chelsea's transfer market activity, going on an epic rant about the west Londoners…
He told Sky Sports: “Chelsea have just got to stop buying players and players have got to stop signing for Chelsea.
“If I was a player and look at Chelsea, why would you sign?
“The only reason you’d sign is because someone might say – your agent might say – ‘We’re getting a seven-year deal’.
“You know what I’d say? ‘Back yourself as a player, sign a four-year deal at a proper club and back yourself to do well’.
“And then when you’re due for renewal your money goes up anyway.
“I don’t understand why you’d sign a seven-year deal. Back yourself.”
He continued: “All players need competition. But every team I played in there were seven or eight players who knew they were playing every week.
“Then you’ve got six or seven players who are fighting for three positions, and then you’ve got another six players who know they are squad players.”
And of the Blues’ swollen array of talent, Carragher asked: “Where are they going to fit in the changing room?
“How are you going to put on a training session.”
The Blues want to shift Ben Chilwell who earns a whopping £200,000 per-week.
Joint top earner Raheem Sterling, who bags £325,000 per-week, is also seeking a move.
Osimhen has scored 76 goals in 133 appearances for Napoli, while Toney has bagged 72 times in 141 games for Brentford.
England striker Toney has been linked with Arsenal and Manchester United, as well as Chelsea.
CHELSEA are a circus — aren’t they?, writes Troy Deeney.
But the bigger concern should be if somehow, some way, Todd Boehly’s insane master-plan brings about success this season.
Finish in the top four. Win a trophy like the FA Cup.
He will then turn around and say: “See, it works” and all of a sudden, other clubs will begin considering copying this mad model to try and compete in the Premier League.
Before you know it, there will be a bigger divide between the top clubs and the rest and this country’s top flight will become something we have been fighting against — a Super League.
The smaller sides and promoted teams will be wiped out by the elite and will end up saying, ‘What’s the point?’
Football as we know it will change, and there will be no going back.
As a neutral, you don’t want to wish failure on a club or a regime, but it’s depressing to think about.
We should almost be looking at it in amazement — the owners have come in with this model and they’ve treated it as if they are buying stocks and shares, not players or human beings.
Boehly has wiped away any sense of sentiment or old-school values from that club and the worrying thing is that he doesn’t seem to care.
Does he even like football?
Read Troy Deeney’s hard-hitting opinion on Boehly’s Chelsea shambles in full.
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