Newcastle United are not Victor Osimhen's 'first choice' in the Premier League, transfer insider Dean Jones has told Give Me Sport.

The lowdown

Napoli smashed their transfer record to sign Osimhen from Lille in 2020, forking out £67.5million (their previous record was the £45million they paid PSV for Hirving Lozano).

Osimhen has gone on to score 23 goals in 54 appearances for the club, including 13 in 24 this season.

Sky Italia journalist Mario Giunta claims that Newcastle explored a possible deal in January and could return this summer.

Giunta says that The Magpies are one of the few clubs who can afford to meet Napoli's demands.

The latest

Jones didn't rule out the move but says St James' Park isn't one of Osimhen's preferred destinations.

He told GMS: "When you can show ambition and huge investment, then anything is possible, I guess, but from what I've heard, Newcastle wouldn't be his first-choice club if he was to come to England."

The verdict

Osimhen was the hero again for title-chasing Napoli last weekend, scoring both goals in a 2-1 victory over Hellas Verona. He even started 'flexing his camera skills' after finding the net, in the words of Bleacher Report.

The confident 6 foot 1 Nigerian goalscorer, hailed as 'phenomenal' by Cagliari coach Walter Mazzarri, has even been compared to Mohamed Salah by Serie A legend José Altafini, in terms of the players' importance to their sides.

And while he may be out of the Magpies' reach, it's clear at this point that Eddie Howe wants to bring in a young striker this summer - they've also been linked with Benfica's Darwin Nunez (22) and could reportedly reignite their pursuit of Reims teenager Hugo Ekitike.

It will be interesting to see which one they truly firm up their interest for.

In other news, Mark Douglas maps out what the summer window could look like for NUFC.