It's a really tough spot for Victor Osimhen right now because he's confronted with three really difficult choices.

 It sucks to be Victor Osimehn right now. The young man was faced with three difficult choices:

1. Accept a massive pay cut (£150,000 weekly) and go to Chelsea to prove himself in the Premier League.

2. Accept a bumper pay (£646,000 weekly - TAX FREE) and go to Saudi - automatically accepting the shuttering of his career at 25.

3. Remain in Napoli at his current salary (£253,000 weekly) but get no playing time as relationship between him and the club is broken.

What changed for the African Golden Boy? In 2023, he led Napoli to their first Scudetto title after 33 years. He has scored 76 goals in 133 appearances since his 2020 signing and is a proven striker. 

The crazy thing is that another Saudi Club Al-Hilal in July 2023 presented a bid of £120m for Osimehn with a weekly salary of £1m per week - TAX FREE. 

As at that time, there were warning signs - some issues with how some segments of the club treated him. Signs that there are forces determined to ‘cut him to size’.

In retrospect, not taking this deal then will appear to be a mistake as his stock has fallen significantly within one year. 

Last year, Osimehn chose to stay at Napoli by signing an extended contract to 2026 but the first year has not gone well. 

This year, he is still choosing to remain at Napoli? The difference this time is that he might not even get any playing time. Conte has made plans without him and relationship with the club appears shattered. 

The club even lowered his release clause in a bid to ship him off, agreed terms with both Al-Ahli and Chelsea, only for Victor to back out of both deals.

Osimehn’s choice to call out former Super Eagles coach, Finidi George, on Instagram - leading to the latter’s resignation, may have also not helped his case and image. While some people see a player setting the records straight, others might see an out-of-control young man, a hot-head, ready to call out coaches if he feels slighted. For some clubs, he is a PR nightmare waiting to happen.

The whole transfer saga is also a negative for potential suitors in the future. Adding that to not seeing enough game time due to not being on Napoli’s first team means one thing: even more lower valuations in the future. Only a miracle can avert this downward trend and Osimehn needs one.