Juventus market, Osimhen operation gets complicated

Barcelona aims to reinforce its attack and find a bomber who can pick up Robert Lewandowski’s legacy: the Pole, whose contract is expiring, is liked by Atletico Madrid and Milan but would seem to be oriented to say yes to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr.

After ruling out financially too onerous options, the Catalan club has identified Victor Osimhen as a concrete name to focus on. The Nigerian striker, star of a brilliant season with Galatasaray, is now in the sights of the Blaugrana management.

Deco and his collaborators consider Osimhen a suitable profile in terms of technical characteristics, potential and economic sustainability. Barça is urgently looking for a goleador capable of making a difference, and the former Napoli man seems to meet this need perfectly.

The culé leadership has already initiated the first exploratory contacts, convinced that there are the margins to conclude the deal without violating financial limits and guaranteeing a weighty reinforcement. In the background for the African is Juventus, whose future relationship with Dusan Vlahovic is still to be defined, but whose bench has Luciano Spalletti, Italian champion with the partenopei. And with Osimhen…