Arsenal expand summer shopping list include Osimhen, Boniface

Arsenal have expanded their shopping wish list for summer transfer with the inclusion of Super Eagles duo Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface it has been revealed.

Reports say Napoli’s Osimhen and Leverkusen’s Boniface are viewed as possible instant hit for the Gunners who have been consistent Premier League title contenders in the last two seasons under coach Mikel Arteta.

Osimhen who was part of the Super Eagles squad that emerged second best at the just ended AFCON under former Coach Jose Peseiro,hit the peak of his football career in the 2023-2024 season, in which he scored 26 goals and provided five assists in 32 league games. This performance helped Napoli to win the Scudetto in the said season for the first time in 33 years.

So far this season, he has scored 11 goals and provided three assists in 16 league games for the reigning Italian Serie A side.

As for Victor Boniface, the 23-year-old striker was having a fair season at Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium last season when Bayer Leverkusen spotted him and brought him to Germany for a transfer fee worth €20.50 million last summer.

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Before he was hit by injury, expected to be healed on April 1, 2024, the Nigeria international had scored 16 goals and provided 8 assists in 23 games in all competitions.

Boniface’s explosive form before his lengthy injury helped to keep Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the German Bundesliga, and they are still waxing strong without him.

Boniface’s form and that of compatriot Osimhen, has caught the attention of Arsenal, according to TEAMtalk, which claimed Arsenal’s priority summer move will be to sign a striker.

The Gunners have been banking on Gabriel Jesus and his backup striker, Eddie Nketiah, who are believed not to be a strong attacking option in the long run.