Osimhen £129m price tag: Why Tottenham face a huge bill for Super Eagles striker

Victor Osimhen’s potential move to Tottenham has become a clear example of how expensive the Premier League transfer market has become, Afrik-Foot reports.

Galatasaray have told Spurs that they want €150 million, about £129 million, to sell the Super Eagles striker. The figure comes as Premier League clubs push transfer prices to new levels.

The Independent reported on Friday that one Premier League source described £100m as the new baseline for major transfers. That is a major change from a few years ago, when £60m could buy a top player. Several deals this summer are already close to or above £100m.

Osimhen is now caught in that new market. Galatasaray know Tottenham have access to far greater transfer income than most clubs outside England. The Turkish champions can therefore set a much higher price when an English club comes calling.

The numbers also explain why Galatasaray have such a strong position. They paid Napoli €75m for Osimhen in July 2025 and gave him a four-year contract. His deal also includes a €15m net annual salary, a €1m loyalty bonus and €5m per season for image rights.

A €150m sale would therefore represent a €75m increase on the transfer fee Galatasaray paid Napoli, before other costs are considered.

Osimhen: Why Galatasaray can demand so much

The wider point of the report is that the Premier League now operates almost like a separate transfer market.

Seven of the nine most expensive deals of this summer were between Premier League clubs, according to the report. Two years ago, only four of the top 13 deals involved English clubs selling to each other.

That matters to Osimhen because foreign clubs can raise their prices when an English club arrives. The report gave Galatasaray’s own negotiations as an example. The club were also involved in talks for Rafael Leao and faced the same reality: an English buyer could offer more.

Tottenham are therefore not simply negotiating for a striker. They are negotiating inside a market where clubs know Premier League teams have enormous financial power.

The Premier League itself says its clubs spent more than £3 billion in the 2025 summer window. The current window opened on June 15 and closes at 23:00 BST on September 1.

That spending helps explain the £129m Osimhen demand. Galatasaray are not saying the Nigerian is worth £129m in isolation. They are pricing him against the market created by English football.

Tottenham now face the central question. Is Osimhen worth joining a transfer market where £100m is no longer considered an extraordinary starting point, or should Spurs walk away from Galatasaray’s £129m demand? Either decision will say a lot about how far Premier League transfer inflation has gone.