English Premier League legend Darren Bent says the bad attitude of Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen is partly why he won’t be an idea signing for Arsenal in the January transfer window, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Arsenal are combing the market for a striker before the close of the January transfer window, and Osimhen who is on loan to Galatasary from Napoli has been suggested as a possible option judging by the clause in his loan deal, which gives him the right to leave in January if he receives a suitable offer.
Bent has however suggested that concerns over the attitude of the Nigerian, who fell out with Napoli in the most unceremonious manner and also verbally assaulted the former coach of the Nigerian team Finidi George, over a report credited to the coach questioning his commitment.
Osimhen took to his page on Instagram to call out the coach, and that incident appears to have sent a negative impression about his conduct which according to Bent could be a factor why he isn’t pursued by Arsenal’s boss Mikel Arteta.
Victor Osimhen, is he really going to be the answer?” Darren Bent said on talkSPORT.
“Yes, he was good at Napoli, but maybe his attitude has been questioned on occasions, that’s still a risk.
“I just don’t think you can just go out there and guarantee, right, we know he’s the guy who’s going to go and score us 20, 25 goals.”
Indeed, Bent wasn’t too hot on any of the strikers linked with Arsenal.
“[Benjamin] Sesko would be a risk by coming to Arsenal,” he said. “[Dusan] Vlahovic, he turned Arsenal down before. What’s his desire going to be to come back and actually come to the club and score goals?
“[Viktor] Gyokeres is another one. I watched him a lot of Coventry. Big fan of his, he’s at Sporting, Sporting have been doing really well.
“Can he come to the Premier League, which is the hardest league in the world to score goals in, and can he score 15 to 20? Again, it’s another risk.”
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