Osimhen Makes Three-man Shortlist For Man United’s Striker Search

Nigeria international, Victor Osimhen has been named in the shortlist for a striker’s position at Manchester United.

United are keen to sign a world class striker following the January exit of Cristiano Ronaldo in acrimonious circumstances.

Ronaldo fell out with manager Erik ten Hag at the club and has since signed for Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr in a deal that will see him earn close to £177 million annually.

The in-form Super Eagles hitman has scored 12 Serie A goals this season and is expected to surpass the 20-goal mark in the current 2022/2023 season.

United are third in the Premier League table and will face leaders, Arsenal in a ‘Super Sunday’ clash that is unarguably the biggest match of the weekend in England.

Reports in the English media on Saturday indicate that Osimhen is ranked third in the options that United have pencilled down for the summer.

Osimhen who won the topscorer’s prize at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile where Nigeria, won the cadet title for the fifth time has played professional football in Europe for clubs like Weder Bremen of Germany and Lille in France.

The Nigerian has played a total of 1,163 minutes of league football this season in 14 matches.

Tottenham Hotspur and England captain, Harry Kane tops the three-man shortlist with RB Leipzig striker, Sesko who is moving to the German Bundesliga side from RB Salzburg- both sides owned by same owners.

United 72 hours ago signed Burnley striker, Wout Weghoust, is regarded as a stop-gap according to the Daily Mail.

United however may have a new management in place when the transfer window comes around as there talks of selling the club.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.