CHELSEA can kill two transfer birds with one stone.
The Blues are set to be offered Victor Osimhen if Napoli can take out-of-favour Romelu Lukaku plus cash as part of a proposed deal.
Chelsea have been in talks with Napoli over signing Osimhen, who handed in a transfer request to accelerate his exit this summer.
In order to a get deal through the Serie A side might be open to accepting Chelsea’s Lukaku heading the other way.
Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio has claimed the Blues could agree on a Osimhen deal with Napoli using both cash and Lukaku.
But the two sides differ on their evaluation of Lukaku.
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Stamford Bridge chiefs are keen to receive at least £40m for the Belgian striker, who has two years left on his contract.
But Napoli value Lukaku at around £30m and Osimhen at around £100m.
The Blues don’t want to pay Osimhen’s £110m release clause, and launched a failed move to loan the striker.
Lukaku, 31, is still on £325,000 a week at Chelsea but has made clear that he only wants to be reunited with Antonio Conte.
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Under Conte, Lukaku scored 47 league goals across two seasons to help Inter Milan win their first Serie A title in 11 years in 2020-21.
He returned to Chelsea for £97.5m in 2021 but, after one unhappy season caused by a public dispute, has spent two campaigns on loan in Serie A.
Meanwhile Osimhen, 25, has been the subject of interest from Paris Saint-Germain and clubs in Saudi Arabia this summer.
He scored 26 goals in 32 league games to help Napoli win Serie A two seasons ago.
Osimhen has been left out of pre-season friendlies by Conte, who has taken a firm stance over his team’s star striker.
Lukaku has been told to train with the under-21s at Cobham alongside Armando Broja and Trevoh Chalobah, who have also been listed for transfer.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
