Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain have both been heavily linked with Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.
However, it looks like Chelsea could have an advantage in the race for Victor Osimhen‘s signature.
It was recently claimed that the Blues actually fear that PSG are the frontrunners to sign the 25-year-old.
But Chelsea could offer one player who Napoli seem to like in a potential cash-plus-player deal.
Their current first-choice No.9 is Nicolas Jackson, but they may need more than the 22-year-old if they want to return to the top four next season.
Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis open to cash-plus-player offer for Victor Osimhen
According to a report from Calciomercato, Napoli owner and president Aurelio De Laurentiis could accept a cash-plus-player offer for Osimhen from Chelsea this summer.
The outlet claims that Romelu Lukaku is the man De Laurentiis is open to taking in any potential deal.
Lukaku has plenty of experience in Serie A and is currently at AS Roma on loan, so the Belgian appealing to Napoli makes sense.
He has scored 20 goals in all competitions for Roma this season.
Lukaku was once described as a “fantastic player” by former manager Thomas Tuchel.
Napoli signing Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea would make everyone a winner
No one really loses out by Lukaku being included in Chelsea’s potential deal for Osimhen.
Chelsea, of course, get the centre-forward they want, Napoli get an adequate replacement for the Nigerian and Lukaku gets to stay in Italy, a country he seems to love.
The 30-year-old has had two separate spells at Inter Milan prior to his loan move to Roma last summer.
Ultimately, Chelsea can use Lukaku in their battle with PSG to sign Osimhen, and the Belgium international ending up at Napoli could really work out well for all parties.
Alternatively, Chelsea can just pay Osimhen’s full release clause, which would make him their third-most expensive signing ever. Because of profit and sustainability rules, though, they are probably reluctant to do that.