Real Madrid, Chelsea or join Cristiano Ronaldo and Co in Saudi Arabia? Victor Osimhen's summer transfer options ranked as Napoli confirm star striker will leave this summer

Al-Hilal went out of their way to try to sign Osimhen last summer, but Napoli turned down a couple of massive bids for their stay player. Interestingly, though, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's agent claimed earlier this month that his client's club-mate would belatedly arrive in Saudi Arabia this summer, only for an outraged Osimhen to respond by calling Mamuka Jugeli a "dumbf*ck" and stated that he was "embarrassed" by the "reasoning" behind the claim.

So, could Al-Hilal or another Saudi Pro League club backed by the nation's Public Investment Fund (PIF) make another move for Osimhen at the end of the season? Undoubtedly. There is no limit to PIF's ambition or spending power, and Osimhen would be an incredible coup for the Pro League, given he is no Karim Benzema or Cristiano Ronaldo - this is a striker at the peak of his powers.

However, it remains very difficult to foresee any set of circumstances that might prompt Osimhen to seriously consider moving to the Middle East at this stage of his career, particularly when one considers that he's already stated that he'd actually find MLS more appealing than a Saudi Arabian move.

Liverpool have never spent more than €100m on a player, so talk of a move for Osimhen has quietened in recent months, not least because the Premier League leaders are well-stocked in attack and having few issues scoring goals - even without Mohamed Salah, who is away on international duty.

But what happens when the Egyptian King vacates his throne at Anfield? The Reds will need a worthy heir and, despite the marked improvement in his all-round game this season, Darwin Nunez doesn't yet look capable of matching Salah's 30-goal-a-season average.

So, if another multi-million-pound offer were to arrive from Saudi Arabia this summer, Liverpool might well be tempted to accept it this time and spend the majority of that money on Osimhen, a free-scoring forward with his best years ahead of him.

However, Liverpool are no longer such an attractive proposition, given it's just been confirmed that the brilliant Jurgen Klopp is leaving Anfield this summer. Anfield is still Anfield, of course. But the prospect of working with a coach who took the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would have definitely appealed to Osimhen.

However, there's also the possibility that Salah will extend his stay on Merseyside - given how well both he and his team-mates are performing - and Liverpool would not even enter the running in such a scenario.

De Laurentiis claimed last summer that the only European team that could really afford Osimhen was PSG. However, the buy-out clause has changed things somewhat, making the 25-year-old affordable for a select few other clubs. Even more significantly, though, PSG have since spent €65m on a striker, Goncalo Ramos.

The question is, then, whether the Ligue 1 leaders are really in a position to sign Osimhen without offloading the Portugal international, who appears utterly unsuited to Luis Enrique's style of play. There's also the Kylian Mbappe question: is the World Cup winner going to stay at Parc des Princes or abscond to the Santiago Bernabeu?

If he leaves, it would be a hammer blow for the PSG brand, but it would at least loosen the club's budgetary restrictions for the kind of No.9 that the team would so desperately need to replace the guarantee of goals that Mbappe would take with him to Madrid.

In short, PSG are an undoubted contender to sign Osimhen, but right now, there are just too many variables at play in Paris.

Manchester United are counting the cost of not stumping up sufficient cash to sign Harry Kane last summer. While the England international is breaking Bundesliga records at Bayern Munich, Erik ten Hag's team are struggling horribly to score goals, notching just 24 times in 21 Premier League outings so far this season.

Anthony Martial is a waste of space, Marcus Rashford's form has fallen off a cliff and while Rasmus Hojlund could develop into a top striker, he's going to need time and patience to do so. United, then, are in dire need of a proven goalscorer, and if they can somehow raise some money by clearing the dead wood at Old Trafford this summer, Osimhen is the obvious choice to lead the line in this new era under Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is abundantly aware of the need to spend big in order to restore the club to its former glory.

Of course, convincing Osimhen that his career would be best served by a move to Manchester might not be so straightforward, given how many expensive signings have flopped at United over the past 10 years....

It wasn't in the least bit surprising to see reports surface recently claiming an internal war is raging at Real Madrid over the club's continued pursuit of Mbappe. The French forward is the best player in the world right now, but he's lead Los Blancos on a merry dance over the past couple of years, and some directors would now apparently rather sign Osimhen, believing him to be - with a significant amount of justification - a better fit for Carlo Ancelotti's side than Mbappe.

Madrid certainly don't lack talent out wide, but they are still in need of a top-class striker following the shock departure of Karim Benzema last summer. Joselu has done a decent job when called upon, but at 33, he was always just a short-term solution to the problem.

Osimhen, then, looks a perfect tactical fit for Madrid, but the feeling persists that if they are to spend big on a forward this summer, it'll be Mbappe, the 'free' transfer that will command a colossal signing-on fee and an astronomical annual wage.

Arsenal did not spend last summer's transfer kitty wisely. They overpaid for Declan Rice and never should have gone anywhere near Kai Havertz, a player that they just did not need. Money should have been set aside for an elite striker - given the Gunners don't actually have one.

Eddie Nketiah is nothing more than a useful reserve while Gabriel Jesus, for all his attributes, is just never going to score regularly at the highest level. Mikel Arteta loves the latter, of course, labelling him an "incredible" player for his work-rate and the way in which he links the attack together.

At the end of the day, though, Arsenal's title hopes haven't been helped at all by the fact that Jesus has scored just three times in the Premier League this season, which is why they've been so strongly linked with Brentford's Ivan Toney. However, the word is that the Gunners view Osimhen as their 'dream signing', which is understandable given it's easy to envisage him combining brilliantly with the likes of Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka. Osimhen really would add a whole new dimension to the Arsenal attack.

The major obstacle that needs to be overcome, though, is the fee. Arsenal have Financial Fair Play (FFP) concerns, and only by selling players could they hope to come close to having enough money to meet Osimhen's buy-out clause.

So, while he'd definitely flourish at the Emirates, it looks like a big ask from an economic perspective right now.

Joining Chelsea could obviously be a disastrous decision for Osimhen. So many players that have arrived at Stamford Bridge over the past 18 months have failed dismally to live up to expectations, their chances undeniably hindered by the club's scattergun approach to transfers.

However, Osimhen could undeniably help tie the whole thing together. For all the money spent by the new owners, Chelsea still don't have a prolific No.9, which has been a major issue given so much of the good work done in the build-up goes to waste. The Blues are one of the most profligate teams in the Premier League.

Osimhen would change all that. Chelsea would have a serious aerial threat in the box, as well as pacey runner capable of exploiting space in behind high lines. It's also worth noting that as well as repeatedly expressing his desire to play in the Premier League, Osimhen idolises Didier Drogba and was thrilled to get the chance to play at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League with Lille five years ago.

If Chelsea manage to raise some money by selling some of the many valuable assets they've stockpiled in west London over the past couple of seasons, it's very easy to see Osimhen becoming the Blues' next No.9.