da doce： The Nigeria striker has yet to reveal where he's going at the end of the season but he will have his pick of Europe's elite clubs

da bet7： When Victor Osimhen finally signed a new contract with Napoli in December after the most protracted of negotiations, the Partenopei proudly proclaimed in a social media post that the club and the player were "together until 2026". There was never any chance of him staying that long, of course.

Everyone knew that Osimhen was still going to leave the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona After all, the only reason it took so long to agree an extension was the disagreement over the size of the buy-out clause. The two parties finally agreed on a fee of approximately €130 million (£113/$144m), which a top European club is expected to meet this summer. Indeed, Osimhen publicly admitted only this week that he has already made his mind up on where he will play next season.

So, where is he likely to go? Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis says it will be Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain or the Premier League – but which potential destination would suit the striker best? GOAL runs through all of the options open to Osimhen below…

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Al-Hilal went out of their way to try to sign Osimhen last summer, but Napoli turned down a couple of massive bids for their stay player. Interestingly, though, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's agent claimed earlier this month that his client's club-mate would belatedly arrive in Saudi Arabia this summer, only for an outraged Osimhen to respond by calling Mamuka Jugeli a "dumbf*ck" and stated that he was "embarrassed" by the "reasoning" behind the claim.

So, could Al-Hilal or another Saudi Pro League club backed by the nation's Public Investment Fund (PIF) make another move for Osimhen at the end of the season? Undoubtedly. There is no limit to PIF's ambition or spending power, and Osimhen would be an incredible coup for the Pro League, given he is no Karim Benzema or Cristiano Ronaldo – this is a striker at the peak of his powers.

However, it remains very difficult to foresee any set of circumstances that might prompt Osimhen to seriously consider moving to the Middle East at this stage of his career, particularly when one considers that he's already stated that he'd actually find MLS more appealing than a Saudi Arabian move.

AdvertisementGetty6Liverpool

Liverpool have never spent more than €100m on a player, so talk of a move for Osimhen has quietened in recent months, not least because the Premier League leaders are well-stocked in attack and having few issues scoring goals – even without Mohamed Salah, who is away on international duty.

But what happens when the Egyptian King vacates his throne at Anfield? The Reds will need a worthy heir and, despite the marked improvement in his all-round game this season, Darwin Nunez doesn't yet look capable of matching Salah's 30-goal-a-season average.

So, if another multi-million-pound offer were to arrive from Saudi Arabia this summer, Liverpool might well be tempted to accept it this time and spend the majority of that money on Osimhen, a free-scoring forward with his best years ahead of him.

However, Liverpool are no longer such an attractive proposition, given it's just been confirmed that the brilliant Jurgen Klopp is leaving Anfield this summer. Anfield is still Anfield, of course. But the prospect of working with a coach who took the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would have definitely appealed to Osimhen.

However, there's also the possibility that Salah will extend his stay on Merseyside – given how well both he and his team-mates are performing – and Liverpool would not even enter the running in such a scenario.

Getty5Paris Saint-Germain

De Laurentiis claimed last summer that the only European team that could really afford Osimhen was PSG. However, the buy-out clause has changed things somewhat, making the 25-year-old affordable for a select few other clubs. Even more significantly, though, PSG have since spent €65m on a striker, Goncalo Ramos.

The question is, then, whether the Ligue 1 leaders are really in a position to sign Osimhen without offloading the Portugal international, who appears utterly unsuited to Luis Enrique's style of play. There's also the Kylian Mbappe question: is the World Cup winner going to stay at Parc des Princes or abscond to the Santiago Bernabeu?

If he leaves, it would be a hammer blow for the PSG brand, but it would at least loosen the club's budgetary restrictions for the kind of No.9 that the team would so desperately need to replace the guarantee of goals that Mbappe would take with him to Madrid.

In short, PSG are an undoubted contender to sign Osimhen, but right now, there are just too many variables at play in Paris.

Getty Images4Manchester United

Manchester United are counting the cost of not stumping up sufficient cash to sign Harry Kane last summer. While the England international is breaking Bundesliga records at Bayern Munich, Erik ten Hag's team are struggling horribly to score goals, notching just 24 times in 21 Premier League outings so far this season.

Anthony Martial is a waste of space, Marcus Rashford's form has fallen off a cliff and while Rasmus Hojlund could develop into a top striker, he's going to need time and patience to do so. United, then, are in dire need of a proven goalscorer, and if they can somehow raise some money by clearing the dead wood at Old Trafford this summer, Osimhen is the obvious choice to lead the line in this new era under Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is abundantly aware of the need to spend big in order to restore the club to its former glory.

Of course, convincing Osimhen that his career would be best served by a move to Manchester might not be so straightforward, given how many expensive signings have flopped at United over the past 10 years….