Chelsea Football Club, in a bid to mending the bridge in their striking force after Pierre Aubameyang and Armando Broja’s slacking in form to deliver up front have been tipped to eyeing Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen over England Ivan Toney.
Both Victor Osimhen and Ivan Toney are having a great season at Napoli and Brentford respectively, and Chelsea are tempted to bring one to set the Chelsea front attack on fire after Aubameyang and Broja’s cold display.
According to reports, Chelsea have shown more interest in Victor Osimhen who’s abroad in Italy to Ivan Toney who’s at the neighborhood club.
90min have claimed that the Nigerian international striker, Osimhen is leading the race in the wish list of the West London club who are in dire need of striker who will save them and bag goals up front.
Victor Osimhen has shown great form this season with 11 league goals for Napoli with 2 assists at the league level and have also topped their Champions League group stage goal chart with Premier League giant, Liverpool.
Ivan Toney, even though was dropped in Garreth Southgates’s 26-man England Squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has shown a great class at Brentford this season, too, but Chelsea have shown more interest in Napoli’s Osimhen in a deal that could cost approximately £87m to bring the 23-year-old to Stamford Bridge.