Transfer News: Enzo Maresca reveals why Chelsea could not sign Victor Osimhen

By Wale Mustapha

Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has said the club will only buy players who accept their conditions on Sunday.

Maresca revealed this after his side were forced to 1-1 by Crystal Palace in a match where they created more scoring chances but failed to make them count.

The Blues were in talks for Napoli’s Victor Osimhen until deadline day before the deal fell through and the transfer did not happen eventually, with multiple reports claiming Osimhen was not willing to accept a pay cut.

Maresca was only able to bring in Marc Guiu, a teenage striker from Barcelona and has Nicolas Jackson as his first-choice striker.

“We want players, but we wanted a player that we decide it has to be on our conditions,” the former Leicester City manager said.

“If a player is not here, then it was not, new striker in January? We will see.”

Osimhen is still at Napoli and might have a chance to move before the closing date of transfer window in other parts of Europe with Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli a possible destination.