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  Italian agent Oscar Damiani says he does not expect Victor Osimhen to leave Napoli in the Summer. According to Damiani, it would be difficult for any club to meet up with Napoli’s asking price for the Nigerian. Osimhen has been in shining form for the Partenopei this season courting the interest of the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. On the back of his spectacular performances, Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis slammed a €150m price tag on the striker. Damian however, claimed no club would be willing to pay such an exorbitant fee for the 24-year-old. “There is no club in the world that can really offer this money (€150million) to Napoli. I’m sure Osimhen will stay another year in blue and will continue to be a point of reference for the club,” Damiani said as per Napoli Magazine. Osimhen has scored 28 goals in 36 appearances across all competitions for Luciano Spalletti’s side this season.

  Nathan Ake will miss Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg tie between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Etihad due to injury. Ake has missed City’s last two games due to calf injury. The last time he featured for Pep Guardiola’s side was in the 2-1 home win against Leeds on May 6th where he came off on 54 minutes. Asked in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday about the fitness of his players ahead of the game against Madrid, Guardiola revealed that Ake is the only one out. “Except for Nathan [Ake], everyone else is fit.“ City will hope to avenge last season’s painful loss to reigning champions Madrid. The Manchester club conceded two late goals at the Bernabeu in the second leg despite taking the lead through Riyad Mahrez. Carlo Ancelotti’s men eventually won the reverse fixture 3-1 after the first leg ended 2-1 in favour of the English club. With the tie balanced at 1-1 from the first leg last week, Guardiola said his players are ready to give everything to w

Former Arsenal midfielder, Paul Merson has backed Taiwo Awoniyi to play a crucial role in Nottingham Forest’s relegation fight. The Nigeria international has scored four goals in his last two Premier League games for Nottingham. Awoniyi scored a brace in Steve Cooper’s side 2-2 draw against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge last weekend. Nottingham Forest currently sit in 16th position on the table, three points away from relegation zone. “For Forest to go 2-1 down and draw 2-2, it’s a massive, massive point,” Merson told Skysports. “Awoniyi, who scored the two goals, was a threat. He held the ball up well. I saw him the other week playing away from home and he was taken off, he didn’t do well. “Now he (Awoniyi) looks a handful, he’s holding it up and playing it simple and scored two goals. They were simple. “With him playing like that with a couple of games left, I’d be quite shocked if Forest went down from here. To come back with that away record is very, very good.”