Former Chelsea striker, Chris Sutton, has advised Napoli’s Victor Osimhen to join the Blues’ Premier League rival Arsenal.
Osimhen has been linked with a summer transfer move to Arsenal, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and even Real Madrid.
The Nigeria international is expected to leave Napoli at the end of the season.
However, Sutton wants Osimhen to pick the Gunners as they have been the better team in recent years and are desperate for a No. 9.
“He [Osimhen] is better than what Chelsea and Arsenal have got. They [Arsenal] are getting a little bit better [than] Chelsea. It’s difficult to see how this one will pan out. But Arsenal are getting desperate for a number nine,” Sutton said on BBC’s Monday Night Club.
“Certainly with Nicolas Jackson, Osimhen is a massive upgrade. Nkunku can’t get himself fit and you feel for Pochettino with that one. They are interesting, Chelsea, because it’s not totally out of the realm of possibility that all of a sudden next season they hit the ground running and push. After all, they do have some good players. If he’s really ambitious at this moment in time, you wouldn’t touch Chelsea ahead of Arsenal,” Sutton added.
Osimhen is currently with the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the ongoing 2023 AFCON in Cote d’ivoire.