{"id":830943,"date":"2025-03-02T10:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/will-manchester-united-trigger-victor-osimhens-buyout-clause\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T10:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:12:05","slug":"will-manchester-united-trigger-victor-osimhens-buyout-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/will-manchester-united-trigger-victor-osimhens-buyout-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Manchester United trigger Victor Osimhen\u2019s buyout clause?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>English Premier League giants, Manchester United,\u00a0 have reportedly informed Napoli of their intention to trigger Victor Osimhen\u2019s release clause this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to reports from Ya\u011f\u0131z Sabuncuo\u011flu, Editor-in-Chief at SportsDigitale, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1895870666966175994\" target=\"_blank\">the Red Devils are set to go all out in their pursuit of the Nigerian forward<\/a>, who has long been on their radar since Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s exit to Al Nassr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> : Manchester United have INFORMED Napoli that they intend to trigger Victor Osimhen\u2019s release clause this summer.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yagosabuncuoglu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@yagosabuncuoglu<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqMVkyXUCk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/oqMVkyXUCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1895870666966175994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Man United Ready to Meet Osimhen\u2019s Buyout Clause<\/h4>\n<p>United\u2019s interest in Osimhen is no secret, as the Premier League club have been linked with the prolific striker for multiple transfer windows.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the club eager to bolster their attacking options ahead of next season, they are now willing to activate his release clause, which is reportedly set at \u20ac70 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150922\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/victor-osimhen-galatasaray-vs-rizespor.html\/gkauu-pxoaakszz\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-150922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GkAuu-pXoAAkSZz.jpeg\" alt=\"Soccer Nigeria Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen. Photo Credit X\" width=\"680\" height=\"556\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150922\">Nigeria Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen. Photo Credit X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sources close to the negotiations reveal that Napoli are only willing to accept \u20ac70 million in cash with no player swaps included in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>This could pose a challenge for United, who had initially considered offering a player-plus-cash deal to bring the Super Eagles star to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<h4>Napoli Stand Firm on Osimhen\u2019s Valuation<\/h4>\n<p>Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has remained firm on his stance regarding Osimhen\u2019s future, insisting that any club interested in the 26-year-old must meet his full valuation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150714\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/manchester-united-psg-osimhen.html\/galatasaray-v-adana-demirspor-turkish-super-league-8\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-150714\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058701331.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Osimhen \" width=\"2436\" height=\"1624\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150714\">Victor Osimhen 45 of Galatasaray waves to the fans after the Turkish Super League match between Galatasaray and Adana Demirspor at Rams Park Stadium on February 9, 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Manchester United is now showing readiness to do so, and the transfer saga could accelerate in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Although they tend to face competition for the signature of the Nigeria international from clubs like Arsenal, Paris Saint Germain who have been linked to the player over the last few windows.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/manchester-united-victor-osimhen.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer English Premier League giants, Manchester United,\u00a0 have reportedly informed Napoli of their intention to trigger Victor Osimhen\u2019s release clause this summer, Soccernet.ng understands. According to reports from Ya\u011f\u0131z Sabuncuo\u011flu, Editor-in-Chief at SportsDigitale, the Red Devils are set to go all out in their pursuit of the Nigerian forward, who has long been on their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":830944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26033,2005,2620],"tags":[8130,8131],"class_list":{"0":"post-830943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-united","10":"tag-manchester","11":"tag-united"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}