Will you regret not having signed Victor Osimhen?

Despite the rumors of interest of the Premier League, the dynamic scorer of Nigeria, Victor Osimhen, completed a movement of Napoli to the Turkish giants Galatasaray this summer, after a fruitful loan spell last season that saw him continue his lethal completion in European competition.

With many English clubs fighting for the reinforcements of the front center in the 2025 summer window, should any of the largest names of the Premier League have made a race in Osimhen?

You can see how these movements have impacted Probabilities of the Premier League in the first.

Liverpool, for example, has opted for Hugo Ekitike, disbursing significant funds for the young French striker. The reports cancel the agreement in around 69 million for the 23 -year -old, whose return of the Senior goal is still modest in Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.

While Manchester United has assured Benjamin Sesko, a promising 22 -year -old Slovenian striker with a solid score record on the best flights in Austria and Germany, it remains a work in progress at the highest level; Much potential but far from the finished product.

Meanwhile, Arsenal has resorted to Viktor Gyokeres, just out of two outstanding seasons in Portugal with Sporting, but it is not clear if their scoring feats in the Primeira League, although impressive, can be translated without problems to the sands of the Premier League and Champions Premier Liga.

And Newcastle United is still hunting a new center-delantero amid reports that Alexander Isak, closely linked to a large money outlet to Liverpool (with speculative price labels that are around the £ 150 million), it is likely to leave.

According to the reports, the Uracas are looking at alternatives such as Ollie Watkins, Yane Wissa and Randall Kolo-Muani. Watkins, at 29, provides experience, but it could be said that it is in the middle of its peak years, while Kolo-Muani has a promising production and less at the elite and Wissa level, who produced the 19 goals of the Premier League of the race, is not considered as a higher caliber striker.

In this context, Osimhen would have stood out as the most convincing option. At 26, he is entering his best. During his periods in Lille and Napoli, he has demonstrated an elite production, regularly reaching more than 20 goal seasons in Ligue 1 and series A and thriving in the champions league campaigns and the Europa League. And even during the loan last season in Galatasaray, that rich vein of form continued, showing consistency and lethal finish in multiple European competitions.

Comparing that to Ekitike, whose returns of major goals remain modest, or Sesko, who has not yet regularly delivered, or Gyokeres, whose numbers were achieved in a league widely considered as less physically demanding, it is clear that Osimhen’s proven record in upper level offers a safer bet.

In addition, the financial calculation is delicate. While Isak will demand an exorbitant rate of around £ 150 million, Galatasaray assured Osimhen for less than half of that figure (£ 65 million). His salary demands were in fact a notable obstacle; The reports suggested that Galatasaray meet the substantial salary requirements to complete the agreement. However, it could be argued that these compensation expectations are deserved for their caliber and its sustained production at the highest levels.

For clubs that pursue the immediate impact, the guaranteed objectives and a striker who thrives both nationally and in Europe, those costs would have been justified. The best parts such as Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle are balancing investment, long -term potential and immediate performance. Osimhen could have given the latter with exceptionally high probability.

So, as the best sides of the Premier League make their strategic plays this summer, the question remains: could they have done it better than Osimhen?

With its elite level score record, first level profile and pedigree of the Champions League, it would probably have offered more immediate and proven fire power than the alternatives they chose. Only time will say if those clubs roll that decision, but in form and consistency, the case of having signed the Nigerian shooter is undeniable.

By Ryan Baldi