Al Hilal have made an offer worth €140 million (£120.3m) to Napoli for striker Victor Osimhen, with wages on offer in the region of £1 million per week.
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The French champions have put Mbappe up for sale and left him out of their squad for the pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea having made it clear they only want to include players who are committed to the club.
Ighalo linked up with Al Hilal from Al Shabab for a fee believed to be €2.9 million during the 2021/22 season.
Ighalo, who joined Al Hilal from Al Shabab in January, has been in inspiring form for the Saudi Arabian side since moving.
The Nigerian attacker had a perfect dress-rehearsal for the Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifiers against Ghana, slated for Kumasi exactly a week from now.
The contest remained balanced with Nassr twice denying Ighalo, his first attempt being blocked by goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah before defender Ramiro Funes Mori intervened to block another effort from the Super Eagle.
The former Manchester United striker departed Al Shabab in acrimonious circumstances in the January transfer window.
Ighalo, who initially retired from international football after the last AFCON in 2019, returned to national team football action last year.
The Blues forked out a whopping £97.5 million to bring the 28-year-old back to the club from Inter Milan last summer.
Ighalo was included in Nigeria’s 2021 AFCON squad after coming out of retirement, but the former Manchester United striker could not honour the call up because of club issues.
The Nigeria striker, who was on loan with Manchester United a little over a year ago, was on the scoresheet on debut as Hilal beat Al Jazira 6-1 at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium.
The former Watford striker will now feature in the colour of his new club Al Hilal until June 2023.
However, the former Gunners captain favours staying in Europe ahead of a lucrative move to the Middle East.
The tournament takes place between February 3 and 12 next year in the United Arab Emirates.
Friday Ubong scored a late winner as he unleashed a powerful shot four minutes from the end of regulation time to hand the Promise Keepers a crucial advantage going into the second leg next week.
Al-Hilal needed a win at home to keep their chances intact, but the draw sees them remain second in Group B with four points and one round of group matches left.
They thus crashed out of the competition on a 1-0 aggregate after they lost 1-0 at home to the experienced campaigners from Bamako.