Mikel on Osimen's future: Participating in European competitions is important, Manchester United may miss out on the race & Chelsea has a chance to resume negotiations [xueting]
2025-04-28
On April 28th, Beijing time, Chelsea legend Mikel stated on a program that if Manchester United fails to qualify for European competitions next season, Osimhen will not sign with the club again.
Mikel claimed that Osimhen "wants to play for Chelsea" and stated: "If Osimhen wants to continue participating in European competitions, then he won't go to Manchester United."
When asked if Chelsea had negotiated with Osimhen last summer, Mikel said: "I know where Chelsea got stuck in contract negotiations and those things were easy to resolve." We completed all the hard work last summer. The difficult negotiation stage has been settled, so it's very easy to pick it up again and continue the negotiation.
Apart from Chelsea, Mikel also listed several teams that Osimhen might agree to join, including Manchester United and Arsenal.