Italian Club Napoli Demand Staggering Amount Plus Embattled Ronaldo From Man Utd for Victor Osimhen

Italian Club Napoli Demand Staggering Amount Plus Embattled Ronaldo From Man Utd for Victor Osimhen

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:10 PM
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  • Cristiano Ronaldo is seeking Champions League football this season and has been linked with Napoli
  • The striker’s agent, Jorge Mendes, is making efforts to get him a new club before the transfer window closes on September 1
  • Italian club Napoli are now demanding €120m plus Ronaldo on loan for Osimhen swap

Italian side Napoli are demanding a staggering €120million plus Cristiano Ronaldo on loan before they can do business with Manchester United before the summer transfer window ends.

CR7, who was on the bench for the entire 90minutes in their game against Brentford, is desperately seeking Champions League football this season.

United are also desperate to sign another striker, and they will now need to offer €120 million and wantaway forward Cristiano Ronaldo on loan in a cash plus swap deal, Vanguard reports.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is desperately in search of Champions League football this summer. Photo: Berengui
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Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes is making efforts to get a new club for the striker, but it has not been forthcoming.

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Osimhen has kick-started the season on a blistering note scoring two goals already and Italian Football TV, Gli Azzurri, understand that Napoli have told Manchester United they’d want €120m for Osimhen plus Ronaldo moving the opposite direction.

The Portuguese has only started once in United’s three league games this season – the 4-0 drubbing by Brentford.

Meanwhile, Lionel Messi will have a perfect opportunity to equal or pass Cristiano Ronaldo's impressive record in the Champions League this season.

The Paris Saint-Germain star has always been involved in a neck-to-neck battle with Ronaldo. Ronaldo has an edge in Europe's top club competition, but all that could change this season.

Ronaldo is facing the daunting prospect of failing to participate in the Champions League for the first time in over 15 years.

Marseille not interested in signing Ronaldo

Sports Brief reported that Cristiano Ronaldo will not join the French club Olympique Marseille this summer.

This is according to the club's President, Pablo Longoria, who denied reports linking the Manchester United star with a shock move to France.

It is in the public domain that Ronaldo has been looking for a way out of Old Trafford and Marseille had been touted as one of the possible destinations.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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