Carlo Ancelotti reportedly asks Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez to sign Victor Osimhen
Real Madrid is reportedly looking to strengthen their attack by signing Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and AC Milan’s Rafael Leao.
23-year-old Super Eagles star, Victor Osimhen arrived at Napoli after a club-record €70million transfer from Lille in 2020 and quickly adapted to life in Italy.
Leao, who is the same age, was Osimhen’s team-mate at Lille back in 2019 before being pried away to Milan. He was spectacular last campaign in helping Milan to their first Serie A title since the 2010-11 season, scoring a career-high 11 league goals, and has hit form this term, too.
Spanish news outlet Sport reported that Karim Benzema’s current injury woes have pushed Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti with no choice but to list out Leao and Osimhen as priority buys in the winter window.
After failing to sign Kylian Mbappe this summer, Ancelotti has reportedly pleaded with the club president Florentino Perez to do everything to sign Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and AC Milan star Rafael Leao in January.
Come January, Leao will have 18 months remaining on his contract, and with numerous reports that negotiations for an extension have made little progress, Milan will eventually have to entertain the likelihood of a sale. It was also learnt that he is demanding a club-record wage of £170,000 a week to stay at the San Siro.
Osimhen has also turned up the heat this season by scoring nine goals in 13 games in all competitions for Napoli. The club which is on a 14-game unbeaten streak sits on top of Serie A.
