{"id":67593,"date":"2025-06-08T18:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67593"},"modified":"2025-06-08T18:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T18:59:50","slug":"victor-osimhen-turns-down-e30-million-saudi-offer-opts-to-stay-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/08\/victor-osimhen-turns-down-e30-million-saudi-offer-opts-to-stay-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Osimhen Turns Down \u20ac30 Million Saudi Offer, Opts to Stay in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian international and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has rejected a mouthwatering \u20ac30 million per season contract offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n<p>The offer was part of a proposed \u20ac75 million deal that would have seen the Saudi club activate Osimhen&#8217;s release clause at Napoli, positioning him among the highest-paid footballers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Hilal\u2019s offer was believed to include additional bonuses and benefits, but Osimhen has firmly declined the proposal, signaling a clear intention to continue playing in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The striker, who recently concluded a loan spell at Galatasaray during the 2024-25 season with an impressive record of 37 goals in 41 appearances, is reportedly eyeing a move to a top European club, with interest from Serie A sides and the Turkish champions.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen\u2019s decision is seen as a commitment to further his career at the highest competitive levels of European football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigerian international and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has rejected a mouthwatering \u20ac30 million per season contract offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal. The offer was part of a proposed \u20ac75 million deal that would have seen the Saudi club activate Osimhen&#8217;s release clause at Napoli, positioning him among the highest-paid footballers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67595,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67593\/revisions\/67595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}