---
title: "Manchester United: Victor Osimhen deal would be ‘insane’"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-victor-osimhen-deal-would-be-insane/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-09-06T17:35:07Z"
modified: "2022-09-06T17:35:07Z"
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# Manchester United: Victor Osimhen deal would be ‘insane’

**Manchester United would reach a staggering level of spending if they signed Victor Osimhen in January, according to [transfer insider Dean Jones](https://www.givemesport.com/88055411-man-utd-signing-100m-striker-would-be-absolutely-insane-at-old-trafford).**

### The lowdown

[Sky Sport Germany](https://twitter.com/Plettigoal/status/1564310394944077825) journalist Florian Plettenberg has named Osimhen as ‘a potential top transfer target’ for Manchester United looking ahead to the January transfer window.

He even cited talk of a swap deal with Napoli, with Cristiano Ronaldo going the other way.

Key figures at United ‘see a lot of quality and potential’ in the striker, and have placed him ‘on the list’.

Ronaldo and Anthony Martial, who spent last season on loan at Sevilla, are [the only out-and-out strikers available](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/startseite/verein/985) to Erik ten Hag at present.

### The latest

Speaking to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88055411-man-utd-signing-100m-striker-would-be-absolutely-insane-at-old-trafford), Jones said that Osimhen would likely cost around £100million, and feels it would be ‘absolutely insane’ if United shelled out that kind of money in January, on top of their [£229million summer outlay](https://theathletic.com/3562326/2022/09/03/manchester-united-window-erik-ten-hag-budget/).

As such, he thinks United will have to wait around a year before they pull the move off:

*“You’re talking close to £100 million again. United have already spent a quarter of a billion pounds, pretty much, in this transfer window. So that’d be an absolutely insane level of spending if they were to also do that in the same season.*

*“I find it hard to believe they would do that halfway through a season, so maybe we will have to wait until the summer.”*

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### The verdict

United need a marquee striker signing. Ronaldo is 37 now, while there have to be question marks over Martial’s level after he was sent out on loan.

A £100million deal would break the club’s transfer record, eclipsing the [£94.5million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/transferrekorde/verein/985) they paid to sign Paul Pogba in 2016.

Osimhen would also become just the 11th player in the history of football to fetch an 11-figure sum.

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You can understand, though, why the 23-year-old is so coveted. In [67 appearances for Napoli](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/victor-osimhen/leistungsdaten/spieler/401923), he’s been directly involved in 40 goals, scoring 30 and assisting 10 more.

Osimhen, who was named [Serie A’s Best Young Player](https://www.legaseriea.it/en/press/news/info/the-mvps-of-the-serie-a-2021-1) in 2021/22, [boasts ‘infinite’ and ‘stratospheric’ potential](https://www.planetfootball.com/in-depth/victor-osimhen-napoli-manchester-united-transfer-target-profile-luciano-spalletti/), in the words of his manager Luciano Spalletti.