Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has dismissed strategies that Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen was a critical switch goal for the Premier League champions in the course of the summer season window.
Recall that Osimhen was linked with Premier League golf equipment like Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea in the summertime switch window earlier than he accomplished a record-breaking switch transfer to Galatasaray.
Talking at his pre-match press convention forward of Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League tie with Galatasaray on Tuesday, Slot clarified that his crew’s plans in the course of the summer season switch window had been centred round signing the likes of Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike, following the departure of Darwin Núñez to Saudi Arabia and the tragic demise of Diogo Jota.
When requested whether or not Osimhen was on the listing of gamers focused by Liverpool in the course of the summer season, Slot informed reporters at his pre-match press convention: “We have now added two quantity nines [Isak and Ekitike].
“Sadly, it’s not the proper phrase I ought to use due to an infinite tragedy that occurred with Diogo Jota. In the long run, we had to herald two quantity nines.
“Nevertheless it was all the time clear to us that from the beginning [of the summer window] we needed to herald these two [Isak and Ekitike] if we would have liked to.”
