Man United’s problems laid bare as world-class £200k P/W ace is out of reach | OneFootball

It’s a long way back to the top echelons of the Premier League, and Man United’s financial problems have been laid bare as they can’t afford Napoli’s on-loan hit man, Victor Osimhen.

The 26-year-old hit-man has an astonishing return of 19 goals and five assists in 24 games in all competitions for the Turkish giants (transfermarkt), and is known to be keen to secure a permanent move from Napoli this summer.

Man United can’t afford Victor Osimhen

According to TeamTalk, his preference would be to go to a Champions League club, so United’s hierarchy would have to be very persuasive in any event.

Victor Osimhen #45 Galatasaray runs back to half way holding the ball after scoring his team’s first goal in the second half of the UEFA Europa League 2024/25 League Phase MD8 match between AFC Ajax and Galatasaray A.S. at Johan Cruijff Arena on January 30, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)

Notwithstanding that, the outlet also suggest that the Red Devils couldn’t afford the player because of his £200k per week wage demands.

Napoli apparently turned down a summer bid for Osimhen, and it’s also been reported that Man United have made a verbal offer for the player but things haven’t gone any further than that at this stage.

It’s a damning indictment on Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the INEOS board, quite frankly.

In order to give Ruben Amorim the best chance of taking Man United back to where they need to be, it’s clear that players of a certain calibre need to be signed – whatever the cost.

Victor Osimhen unlikely to be heading to Old Trafford

The fact that the club are unable or perhaps unwilling to invest such an amount of money would suggest that, in fact, it’s going to be a long, hard road back to the top of the Premier League and European tree.

It might even eat up Amorim and a successor or two in the process, and things are certainly not going to turn in favour of the club in the short term either.