Lukaku Takes No.9 Shirt From Osimhen As Napoli Remove His Name From Squad

Italian Giant, Napoli removed Victor Osimhen from their Serie A squad list and also handed his squad number (nine) to new signing Romelu Lukaku.

The Nigeria was unable to secure a move away from the Serie A club on transfer deadline day despite strong efforts by Chelsea and Al-Ahli to secure his services.

Osimhen has two years remaining on his contract.

Saudi club Al-Ahli offered the striker a mouth-watering offer reportedly worth €40m per season.

The move fell through when Napoli asked for more on the transfer fee. Al-Ahli eventually decided to sign England international Ivan Toney from Brentford instead.

Chelsea on the other hand were unable to match his personal demands.

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