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By Amaechi Agbo, Abuja

Reigning Africa Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen has agreed to join French League One giants, PSG. This comes as Napoli new Coach, Antonio Conte has disclosed that the Nigeria international is free to leave the club.

Conte stated on Thursday that the decision for the Italia Sere A 2023/2024 Golden Boot winner to leave the club was made last season adding that the club would respect the pact.

“It was already clear pact about Osimhen’s exit”.

“The timing is exactly as we expected, there will be no issues”, Conte said.

It is understood that Osimhen who missed Super Eagles last two World Cup qualifiers due to injury has agreed on joining PSG and the French giants are willing to bring the talisman to the Parc des Princes next season

However, agreement between the two clubs have not been sorted out

Paris Saint-Germain are becoming ‘increasingly confident’ they can formalise an £84million (€100m) deal to sign Osimhen from Napoli,

Chelsea and Arsenal – both in need of attacking firepower – had both been interested in snapping up the 25-year-old centre forward, with Enzo Maresca’s side having been heavily linked with a move for the forward.

With Kylian Mbappe now unveiled by Real Madrid PSG have freed up some funds and are looking to invest in the transfer market to bolster their attacking options

Despite that Napoli owner, Aurelio De Laurentiis had reportedly placed a price tag of around £109million on the Nigerian star but PSG’s lower offer is ‘still capable of unblocking the deal.’

Osimhen had signed a contract extension to stay at Napoli until 2026 back in 2023, extending his stay at the Serie A side by another season.

According to Italian outlet SPORT Mediaset, the deal is ‘near a turning point’ with the Nigerian’s agent Roberto Calenda having ‘flown to Paris to speak directly with PSG.’

The outlet adds that his trip to the French capital has ‘yielded very positive results’ with the French club and could be a blow for Chelsea and Arsenal.