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Victor Osimhen is reportedly among Liverpool's striker targets as the club looks to recruit a replacement for Darwin Nunez, who is expected to leave Anfield in the coming weeks.
Nunez moved to Liverpool three years ago but has tallied just 40 goals, and last season was his worst of the lot, as he scored just seven times and was not a part of Arne Slot's favored starting XI.
Liverpool's dream signing this summer would be Alexander Isak, but Newcastle is under no pressure to sell the Sweden international after qualifying for the upcoming season's Champions League.
Osimhen spent last season on loan at Galatasaray but is contracted to Napoli, where his contract is due to expire in 12 months' time.
The Nigeria international is not expected to play for the Naples outfit again, and the club wants to sell him to avoid losing him on a free transfer next summer.
There is no doubting Osimhen's pedigree at the top level — he has averaged 0.57 goals per game over the course of his career — and he has a big fan in Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho spoke highly of Osimhen in an interview with Turkish media last season, although he did accuse the 26-year-old of gamesmanship as he said that the player "dives too much."
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Osimhen spent last season on loan at Galatasaray.
"Osimhen is a fantastic player," Mourinho said during an interview with HT Spor.
"He's a player that, if I was at a club with the potential to pay £70-75 million, I would buy.
"He's a fantastic player.
Of course, he comes in different circumstances [to Galatasaray], but in the end that doesn't matter, what matters is that Galatasaray have got an absolutely fantastic player.
"I don't have any problems with Victor
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