By Victor Kanayo
Reports from England has indicated that Chelsea are no longer interested in landing Napoli superstar, Victor Osimhen in the summer.
Instead, the Blues have turned attention to a top Manchester United striker target, Benjamin Sesko.
The Chelsea hierarchy are still determined to bring in a new prolific striker to provide competition for Nicolas Jackson.
Their top target has always been Osimhen, who has scored 74 goals in 129 appearances for Napoli, firing the Italian side to the Serie A title last season.
However, according to Il Matino, with Paris Saint-Germain one step away from agreeing a deal with the Nigerian striker, Chelsea has beaten a retreat and concentrate on acquiring Sesko instead.
The French giant are ready to pay Osimhen’s release clause of roughly £113m and will hope that he can be the replacement for Kylian Mbappe, who looks set to join Real Madrid on a free transfer.
At 20, Sesko is only expected to improve as he gains experience and seems destined to play at the very highest level one day.
Leipzig is determined to keep Sesko for at least another season and certainly will not allow him to move for a cheap fee this summer.
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