Glenn Hoddle

2023 - 4 - 5

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Sports Brief"

Victor Osimhen: Glenn Hoddle Urges Chelsea To Sign the Nigerian ... (Sports Brief)

SportsBrief.com News - Former Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle has advised the Blues to bring Victor Osimhen to Stamford Bridge this summer claiming that the ...

[Victor Osimhen would have also struggled](https://sportsbrief.com/football/napoli/37682-victor-osimhen-arigo-sacchi-nigerian-struggle-milan/) if he had featured in the AC Milan clash. [Chelsea](https://sportsbrief.com/football/chelsea/) have not been fantastic in front of goals, with the forwards not converting and getting enough chances created for them. [Serie A](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/italian-serie-a/), no Nigerian player has ever won the Golden Boot and Osimhen now looks set to break the record.

Glenn Hoddle: Chelsea only need 25-goal Super Eagles striker this ... (Soccernet.ng)

Former Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle has called on the Blues to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen ahead of Manchester United.

all you need is a No.9 as a new manager going into Chelsea, in my opinion,” he said. He also spoke highly of Osimhen, stating that he would score many goals if he were to join Chelsea. Chelsea’s lack of firepower up front was again on display on Tuesday evening as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

Glenn Hoddle urges Chelsea to sign Victor Osimhen ahead of Man ... (Metro)

Glenn Hoddle has urged Chelsea to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen ahead of Manchester United this summer. Chelsea's lack of cutting edge in front of goal ...

‘At the moment, I think what Chelsea have got with the quality of their players, they need a No.9, they need someone who wants to get in the box. ‘ What he did in a short period of time, you’ve got to look at that, a Champions League winners, you had the foundation there for real success and now they’re grasping for that by trying to go and buy a load of players. ‘He might have got the best out of [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang, Aubameyang goes there to work with Tuchel and he’s gone. ‘I’m looking at [Kai] Havertz, he’s not a No.9, he wants to float and wants to drop off, that’s okay, Liverpool at their very best had [Roberto] Firmino coming towards the ball, Mane and Salah ended up as centre-forwards. Any manager going in there and saying, ‘we’ve got no quality, I need to bring in five players’, no, they’re already there. ‘You’ve got two goalkeepers, the back players are strong enough and good enough, you’ve got your midfield, decent, might strengthen one there maybe, if you keep [Joao] Felix…

Hoddle names top Man Utd target who would 'without a doubt' solve ... (Football365.com)

Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle reckons top Manchester United target Victor Osimhen would solve one big problem at Chelsea.

“At the moment, I think what Chelsea have got with the quality of their players, they need a No.9, they need someone who wants to get in the box. “I’m looking at [Kai] Havertz, he’s not a No.9, he wants to float and wants to drop off, that’s okay, Liverpool at their very best had [Roberto] Firmino coming towards the ball, Mane and Salah ended up as centre-forwards. all you need is a No.9 as a new manager going into Chelsea, in my opinion. Any manager going in there and saying, ‘we’ve got no quality, I need to bring in five players’, no, they’re already there. “You need someone who you think is going to score 20 goals for you, a fox in the box, someone who wants to be in that area where they’re creating so much. “But I’ll tell you what, whoever comes in as a new manager for this squad, normally you’d say when a new manager comes in he’s going to want to bring some of his own players in, I think he only needs a No.9, I think everything [else] is there.

Glenn Hoddle: Chelsea should sign Victor Osimhen over Man ... (G3 Football)

If you put him in a Chelsea shirt he will score a load of goals.'