Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta has been spotted attending a Galatasaray game for reported talks over Victor Osimhen.
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The Nigeria international has been one of the top forwards in world football in recent years, and in many ways it’s surprising that he hasn’t ended up in the Premier League by now.
Arsenal could certainly do with a striker of Osimhen’s calibre, and it seems that’s why Berta has been in Turkey for talks with Galatasaray president Dursun Ozbek.
See below as journalist Serkan Korkmaz has posted about Berta’s trip to the Galatasaray game, naming Osimhen as the Italian chief’s target…
Dün tüm Türkiye benden duymu?tu. Elime bilgi geldikçe payla?aca??m. Bu i?te çok derinden yürüyen bir gizem var.Arsenal SportifDirektörü ile Özbek gece bir araya geldi. Görü?mede ba? ba?a kalan ikilinin gündemine dair ne duyduysan?z gerçek de?il. Tabi e?er Özbek’ten duymad?ysan?z. pic.twitter.com/khy1snfbWj
— Serkan Korkmaz (@serkan_korkmaz) April 27, 2026
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Arsenal’?n hedefi; OS?MHEN!
— Serkan Korkmaz (@serkan_korkmaz) April 27, 2026
This will certainly be exciting news for Arsenal fans, with this season arguably leaving a lot to be desired from the team’s attacking play, even if they are currently top of the Premier League and in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Viktor Gyokeres joined Arsenal from Sporting Lisbon last summer but has struggled to impress in his first season at the Emirates Stadium, so many fans would likely see Osimhen as an upgrade.
Victor Osimhen could take Arsenal’s attack to a new level
A tall, strong centre-forward who can score and create, Osimhen has all the attributes to be a big hit in the Premier League.
The 27-year-old has 20 goals and five assists for Galatasaray this season, following on from a fine debut season last term in which he finished with 37 goals in 41 matches.
All in all, this seems like it would surely be a good deal for Arsenal to pursue, as they’d be landing a proven goal-scorer who’d likely be an upgrade on what they currently have, though one imagines he wouldn’t come cheap, and he’s also not the youngest…
| Victor Osimhen | TOTAL SCORE: 18/25 |
| Transfer fee | ** |
| Performance | **** |
| Achievements | **** |
| Career phase | *** |
| Squad need | ***** |
With that in mind, we’ve given him the score above with our Transfer Fit rating system – read more here about how these scores are calculated.
18/25 is certainly a high score and one that would probably be hard to beat, with very few transfers ever looking like a sure guarantee of success.