Throughout most of the summer transfer season, the striker from Napoli and Nigeria was strongly connected to the goal-averse Premier League team; nevertheless, he ultimately decided to sign a loan with Galatasaray. Osimhen's performance as Serie A's top scorer in the 2022–2023 season helped to end Napoli's 33-year league title drought, therefore it appeared somewhat amazing that he ended up in the Turkish Super Lig, which is considered as the tenth best in Europe.

However, as former Blue Mikel disclosed, neither Chelsea nor Osimhen failed to attempt. He stated on his Obi One Podcast, "I mean, a lot happened, and I think it's an open secret that I was involved in the deal." During the last few days of the transfer window, Osimhen was strongly connected to both Chelsea and Al Ahli, of the Saudi Pro League. TalkSPORT believes that Osimhen turned down the latter offer.