Report: Osimhen asks for 5-year contract and €100m to stay at Galatasaray

Victor Osimhen has reportedly agreed to continue at Galatasaray but is demanding a record-setting wage offer from the Turkish champions. 

The 26-year-old striker helped the Cim-Bom achieve their goals this season, leading them, as the top scorer, to a league and cup double. Galatasaray are keen on furthering that relationship and are open to signing Osimhen permanently. 

Hasan Şaş, a former Galatasaray player, said that the former Wolfsburg forward was demanding a five-year contract from the club and an annual wage of €20 million, according to multiple reports.

This would keep him at the club until 2030, when he turns 31, and would make him the top-earning player at the club by a considerable margin, with a weekly wage of around €380,000

It remains to be seen whether Galatasaray will agree to the reported demands, as they still have to come up with the €75 million release clause to pay Napoli.

Meanwhile, Osimhen's wage demands have been one of the major stumbling blocks in his quest for a new club. Last summer, he rejected Chelsea’s low-ball basic salary offer, as he was not sold on their incentive-based wage structure. 

Ahead of this summer, the Athletic’s David Ornstein reported that Premier League clubs have pulled out of the race for the Nigerian as he was demanding a salary that would put him among the top three earners in the division.