May 17, (THEWILL) – Former Manchester United striker, Dimitar Berbatov, has recommended Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, as the perfect player to become the club’s next first-choice striker.
United’s final three games could determine if they qualify for next season’s Champions League and Berbatov believes that United need to get their next acquisition right at centre-forward with Nigerian striker, Osimhen, his top choice ahead of Tottenham’s Harry Kane.
Speaking about the kind of striker United needs, Berbatov said: “When United buy a striker, he needs to be someone that you say ‘this is the guy who is going to give you 20-plus goals’. I think that striker can be Victor Osimhen from Napoli. I think he’s fantastic – from the way he’s scoring, to how he’s scoring and the speed he has. If United are going for striking options, the first name on my list will be Osimhen.”
Osimhen and Kane are among United’s primary options for the summer, although the club is still weighing up whether to sign a cheaper alternative option with the potential to develop under Erik ten Hag’s coaching. Decisions have not yet been made as United waits to confirm their position in the top four, while the club’s ownership issues are yet to be resolved.
Berbatov, who himself moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford in 2008 after United spent weeks negotiating with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, has doubts about how easy it would be for United to sign Kane and whether Kane would want to leave his boyhood club. “In the summer, we’re probably going to be witnessing that type of saga – Kane going somewhere? A TV soap opera”, he added.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
