High journalist Jonathan Johnson has speculated that Napoli ace Victor Osimhen isn’t on the high of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)’s wishlist for the summer time. He believes the Parisians could also be extra eager about high playmakers reminiscent of Manchester Metropolis’s Bernardo Silva and Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes.
PSG Failed To Dwell Up To Expectations In The UEFA Champions League
Because the Qatari takeover, PSG have spared no expense to make a UEFA Champions League-winning group. Sadly, the ‘Previous Massive Ears’ has remained as elusive as ever.
This season, PSG had a wonderful alternative to achieve the ultimate however failed to beat Borussia Dortmund within the semi-finals, struggling a 2-0 mixture defeat. Les Parisiens struggled to win battles in the course of the park, which took a toll on their build-up play. On the events they did, there was nobody to construct performs, making it simple for Dortmund to take care of repetitive passes to Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele on both flank.
Jonathan Johnson Believes Victor Osimhen Is Not A Necessity For Ligue 1 Winners
Mbappe, 25, will depart the membership as a free agent on the finish of the season, and in accordance with stories, PSG need Osimhen to fill his sneakers on the Parc des Princes. Johnson, nonetheless, doesn’t suppose the Parisians essentially want a center-forward, with him claiming the Parisians require a playmaker extra.
In his Every day Briefing column for CaughtOffside, Johnson mentioned:
“Victor Osimhen to PSG is one other story making the headlines in the meanwhile, and whereas I don’t know if he’d be their absolute precedence goal, he definitely is a reputation that they’ve checked out, together with Benjamin Sesko.
“With Mbappe leaving, there’s a couple of gamers PSG have checked out to strengthen in assault, however I feel on the identical time, as we’ve seen from PSG within the Champions League this season, a brand new striker isn’t essentially a precedence. PSG’s fundamental issues usually are not essentially via the center – Goncalo Ramos has proven sufficient kind (regardless of not with the ability to discover the goal towards Borussia Dortmund) that he might be the person to be PSG’s quantity 9.”
He added:
“A much bigger challenge is a few of the build-up play. In midfield, I feel, and most of the people are in settlement, one different midfielder to go alongside Vitinha and Warren Zaire-Emery most likely is smart. There’s been long-standing hyperlinks with Bernardo Silva and I feel that sort of profile might be attention-grabbing, as a result of although this comparatively younger PSG squad was able to going far within the Champions League this season, a little bit bit extra expertise might nonetheless be very helpful.
“So, general I feel names like Bernardo Silva and Bruno Guimaraes, that sort of profile, might come up increased on PSG’s listing than somebody like Osimhen. Silva and Guimaraes are additionally two gamers who know the French league fairly effectively, so whereas I wouldn’t fully rule PSG out of the race for Osimhen at this second in time, I wouldn’t essentially put him on the entrance of the queue both. I feel PSG will really feel they produce other wants in different positions forward of the quantity 9 place.”
Silva, who sees his contract expire subsequent June, can be on Barcelona’s radar. Guimaraes, in the meantime, has been linked with a transfer to Manchester Metropolis.
