{"id":146423,"date":"2023-10-27T23:18:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=146423"},"modified":"2023-10-27T23:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:18:49","slug":"pochettino-osimhen-transfer-hint-chelsea-january-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/pochettino-osimhen-transfer-hint-chelsea-january-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino drops Osimhen transfer hint ahead of January window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea<a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/chelsea-transfer-osimhen-140-million-january-bid\/\"> remain interested<\/a> in Victor Osimhen and manager Mauricio Pochettino has dropped a hint about his side\u2019s winter transfer plans in his latest press conference.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The London club have blown hot and cold in the <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/premier-league-news\/\">Premier League<\/a> since the former Southampton coach arrived. Goals in particular have not been forthcoming in attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pochettino, who is keen to turn the fortunes of the club around following last season\u2019s abysmal performance, has not been able to utilize his best team this season due to numerous injuries. The likes of Ben Chilwell, Reece James and new signing Christopher Nkunku remain on the sideline while Moises Caicedo has been in and out of the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the January transfer window fast approaching, teams are beginning to prepare and Chelsea are not left out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Pochettino makes transfer claim &#8211; Osimhen in sight?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has spoken about his side\u2019s readiness to go into the market and get some offensive players.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 Napoli director Meluso when asked about top players like Victor Osimhen leaving in January: &quot;No, no way. Absolutely not&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our squad is very good and we feel relaxed. Of course we can improve it but it will discuss this topic later&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/arAIYoFbie\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/arAIYoFbie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1717821686190334090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pochettino on January window: \u201cWe are ready, working with the sporting directors to be ready. We\u2019ll speak to see if the team needs to add players offensively\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His comment on signing \u2018offensive\u2019 players could mean that players like Osimhen, who is not settled at Napoli at the moment, are being discussed in the boardroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136340\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-136340\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Osimhen in action for Napoli\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Icon_LP_21291834.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, Nkunku &#8211; who has been out injured prior to the start of the 2023\/24 season &#8211; is going to look like a new signing for Pochettino and he dropped an update on the winger\u2019s recovery process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;He is doing really really well; is working really hard,&#8221; the Chelsea head coach said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;He is close and hopefully, as soon as possible we can have him involved again. He is a really important player for us.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Maybe after the international break [in November] he will be involved, maybe. It\u2019s not sure.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pochettino continued: &#8220;He is a player that can provide goals and we have been missing goals. That is why we think he can be important for us \u2013 he has proved he can score goals in the Bundesliga.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;If the team needs to add players offensively\u201d &#8211; Osimhen as an option<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is well documented that Victor Osimhen has been battling a torrid time at Napoli in recent weeks and that has led to the Nigerian\u2019s delayed decision to extend his contract with the Serie A champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Osimhen, 24, has less than two years left on his current contract and could be looking at playing outside of Italy in his next transfer move if things do not work out..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though Osimhen agreed to a new deal in the early months of the new season, he has not officially signed the contract &#8211; a decision that has infuriated the club president Aurelio De Laurentiis, saying: \u201cIf after a handshake things change, that is disappointing\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Napoli sporting director Mauro Meluso may have dismissed the chance of striker Victor Osimhen leaving the Serie A side in the January transfer window, nothing is impossible in football transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chelsea currently lack a potent striker who can deliver the goals upfront and here is Osimhen who has notched nearly 40 goals since the start of last season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Osimhen largely unsettled at the moment, a convincing offer could price him away from Naples.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea remain interested in Victor Osimhen and manager Mauricio Pochettino has dropped a hint about his side\u2019s winter transfer plans in his latest press conference. The London club have blown hot and cold in the Premier League since the former Southampton coach arrived. Goals in particular have not been forthcoming in attack. Pochettino, who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":146424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[14475,1,25460],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Daniel Kolade","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146425,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146423\/revisions\/146425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146423"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=146423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}