The Salary of Napoli’s Victor Osimhen. Is It Enough for the Young Star Striker?
Victor Osimhen is Napoli’s breakout star of 2022, and one of the best strikers in Serie A. His salary is the ninth-largest in Napoli’s squad. With so many top clubs vying for the Nigerian’s attention, is this enough to keep him playing for Gli Azzurri?
Napoli’s squad and salaries
Napoli were Scudetto challengers for much of the season. Much of this was a surprise. The club had changed managers in the summer, bringing in Luciano Spalletti. Furthermore, it had not enjoyed a particularly striking transfer campaign. The Partenopei’s squad showed, however, great resilience.
The Naples side also achieved this with salaries much lower than those of their rivals. At the moment, the highest-paid player in Serie A is Juventus’ Paulo Dybala. The Argentine earns Euro 260.000 per week. Dusan Vlahovic’s new contract with Juve earns him Euro 249.000. Wojciech Szczesny and Leonard Bonucci are not far behind. They also play for the Turin side.
Napoli’s defender Kalidou Koulibaly is in fifth. The Senegalese center-back earns Euro 11.1 million per year. This is a sallary largely meant to dissuade the player from joining any of the numerous clubs that have been pursuing his services.
Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne’s salaries
There are no other Napoli players among the Top 10. The team’s captain Lorenzo Insigne barely scrapes the first twenty places on the list. He earns Euro 163.000 per week. Insigne, however, will be leaving Napoli in the summer. His decision to join FC Toronto is believed to have been the result of The Partenopei’s management’s refusal to increase his wages.
Veteran midfielder, Dries Mertens, is also among the best paid 25 players in the league. The Belgium maestro earns Euro 160.000. There are doubts, however, whether Mertens will sign an extension on his deal this summer.
Does Victor Osimhen’s salary reflect his abilities?
Meanwhile, Victor Osimhen earns a salary of Euro 110.000. This is certainly an increase over the wages he earned while at Lille. Still, the Nigerian earns less than players like Arthur Melo, Joaquin Correa, Daniele Rugani, or teammate Piotr Zielinski.
Victor James Osimhen has scored 22 goals since joining Napoli. This season he managed 12 goals and one assist in Serie A. He only started 19 games due to injury concerns. This caused him to miss the AFCON competition. The striker is 23-years-old. His biography is just being written and could be a great one.
The salary may be causing friction. Osimhen is one of the most hotly scouted players active in Europe. Arsenal, in particular, is looking to bid for the player’s transfer this summer. A new deal may be required to ensure that the striker is persuaded to remain at Napoli.
How much would Osimhen’s salary be in the Premier League?
Arsenal has not qualified for the Champions League in recent years. Mikel Arteta has also downsized the squad and struggled to decrease the payroll budget. Despite this, The Gunners’ players earn handsome wages. Osimhen would, no doubt, be looking at a pay increase that would raise his entire net worth.
At the moment, Arsenal’s highest-paid striker is Alexandre Lacazette. He earns £182,063 per week. Osimhen, who like Lacazette shone in France’s Ligue 1, would likely command an even higher wage if the deal to bring him to London goes through.
Napoli can build a squad around Victor Osimhen’s talent? Will the player’s ambition match that of the club? A lot will be learned during the summer transfer window.