Napoli sporting director, Giovanni Manna has said it was Victor Osimhen’s decision not to play for the club again.
Osimhen saw move to Premier League club Chelsea and Saudi club Al Ahli collapsed on transfer deadline day.
The Nigeria international has been excluded from Napoli’s Serie A squad and also stripped of the number 9 shirt.
“The situation is very clear, it has been since the end of last season. Victor expressed his absolute desire to not stay at Napoli, to not play for Napoli, and we tried to make him happy,” Manna told DAZN.
“Then there is a demand and an offer, we thought that we had concluded the negotiations, but then it did not go through. We bought Lukaku, kept Raspadori and Simeone, which was not to be taken for granted.
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“At this moment, we maintain the same consistency we had since the start: he expressed the desire to no longer play for Napoli and so we made other choices.”
Manna also commented on the possibility of Osimhen joining another Saudi club.
“The transfer market is still open, there are many options, but I don’t think Victor will go to Saudi Arabia in this transfer session,” Manna added.
Osimhen’s situation is also a huge financial weight on the club, as his sale was meant to raise funds for new transfers.
“Our ideas were clear from the start. We were waiting to sell Victor to finance these operations, but the sale did not arrive and the President took on the responsibility to invest and reboot. He took on all the risk, he was incredible.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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A bunch of he said she said. A lot of people will stick up for osimhen, but ive never seen such altercations from a se player. He started it when he ran his mouth, disrespecting his employer saying he wants to play for premier league while winning a trophy under napoli. Very unprofessional. And then it went downhill from there. From the coconut vid and everything else.
A lot of people here will stick up for osimhen because they are biased. A certain audience love him expressing his love for premier league so public. He wouldt even be in this position if it wasn’t for napoli. The truth is he was not a priority for chelsea. He was only a priority to obi mikel and drogba. Chelsea signed other attacking players before they got to osimhen. Osimhen who one serie a with napoli offered a loan. These former african players will ruin you, they are only self serving. Chelsea only wanted to sign osimhen because of former african players influence
He wanted to go to chelsea, but they got no money. Saudi had the money for osimhen but he didnt want to go there. People say de laurentis is bad. He only bad because of how he treated osimhen to the osimhen fans. He is a business man, take feelings aside. Osimhen can just run out his contract and leave for free. But he is now benched for expressing his desire to leave and not sealing a deal, it will make things awkward. His stock will now fall. If you think he won, probably. But he is no longer a starting player now. Gareth bale was bench at madrid under zidane and james rodriguez and nobody wanted to sign them. Ozil was benched under arteta. With little playing time, how will he secure a top move. But the way chelsea signing players who are average and have poor performances like jaoa felix, maybe
He resigned earlier this year with a $130 mil buyout, he did this to himself
Osimhen is the richest African football and can buy PSG, Bayern et’al. He should buy any of these top clubs and play there.
Napoli have shown us their ugly face, when they loose they say Osimhen is still path of the squad and when they win they say he is frozen out. Okay we don hear let us see how they will end the season. Greedy Racist president who have always stood by Osimhen previous years has so soon forgotten and doesn’t want Osimhen to have a good life. He can not see Osimhen goto Saudi and make money and also slammed him with over 180million previous years. Osimhen should sue the club if they want to go further because I see them trying to maltreat him as much as possible. But like I said Life is humbling the proud Osimhen for his past behaviours to his fellow humans. Osimhen change and be a calm person don’t follow advice like tyrant drey cubana chief priest and empty headed agent of yours who missed it all.
If Dr.Drey calls you an illiterate fool now you will start coughing blood and claiming you are chasing salvation.
Osimhen should rather listen to an illiterate like you and sue the club to what exactly…..LMAOoo.
Shameless village boy. You think people just visit courtrooms due to joblesness the way you visit CSN website…?!
Òde.
Lmaooooo
Sickness don catch you na, your shitty behaviour is not a good inspiration for any sound person. That is why you idiot will always support a player ranting against his humble coach. Yeye boy and his cronies mumu self fanatic dey laugh at foolish utterances.
Hahahahaha….it is an illiterate fool like you who brags about obtaining a visa that is an inspiration….?? LMAOOoo
Even within this forum we know whom people would rather listen to between you and I.
If not cos of the generational mental problem that follows you all around like the smell of urine follows a he-goat, I’ve you not voted severally never to comment of CSN again……LMAOoo..??
Senseless fool wants to feel amongst by force…LMAOoo
Yes I will support any player who exposes and cheap lying incompetent boss like your finidi. If it pains you too much bath yourself in acid.
Ofcourse failures always support failures like themselves….LMAOoo .
I told members of this forum the other day to take your filthy confessions about chasing salvation with much less than a pinch of salvation, that whatever you were high on would wear off and they will continue to be treated to your pig-like character….LMAOoo….and guess what…you have not disappointed me nor them 1 bit….LMAOoo
Useless fool.
Don’t worry, by the time I’m done with you, you’ll be peeing blood…keep up your senselessness ehn…LMAOoo. The world will know the sick one between you and I very soon.
…..Have you not vowed severally never to comment of CSN again…..
…exposes any cheap lying incompetent boss…
Hahahahaha….it is an illiterate fool like you who brags about obtaining a visa that is an inspiration….?? LMAOOoo
Even within this forum we know whom people would rather listen to between you and I.
If not cos of the generational mental problem that follows you all around like the smell of urine follows a he-goat, have you not vowed severally never to comment on CSN again…..yet stull keep coming here to vomit sewage from that swollen lip of yours…..LMAOoo..??
Senseless fool wants to feel among by force…LMAOoo
Yes I will support any player who exposes any cheap lying incompetent boss like your finidi. If it pains you too much bath yourself in acid. When you are also falsely accused at work of what you didn’t do, keep quite like the fool that you are and say nothing
Ofcourse failures always support failures like themselves, so I am not surpised a backstabbing loser like Finidi earns your support….LMAOoo. Afterall, Sunday Dare and Odegbami used to be you Lords and saviours until someone decided to order common sense for you from Temu.
I told members of this forum the other day to take your filthy confessions about chasing salvation with much less than a pinch of salvation, that whatever you were high on would wear off and they will continue to be treated to your pig-like character….LMAOoo….and guess what…you have not disappointed me nor them 1 bit….LMAOoo
Useless fool.
Don’t worry, by the time I’m done with you, you’ll be peeing blood…keep up your senselessness ehn…LMAOoo. The world will know the sick one between you and I very soon.
You you are not even making any sense and I understand why.
Hahahahaha…Of course….no one ever makes sense to a mad man.
“You are not making sense” has become your popular pick up line on CSN….nobody ever makes sense to you.
How are you any different from that mad man in your village whose only comment to all passersby all of the times is that they are mad…?? LMAOOoo
If you still think at this moment that you are normal, it only confirms the fact that you have a running mental illness that you aren’t conscious of.
Bloody fool.
You that makes sense we can all see how much of the “sense” you make here on CSN already…hero worshipping destroyers of our sports like Sunday Dare, Odegbami and co…LMAOoo.
Anumanu
But why can’t you guys make a comment without insults. Mature men o, able bodied men o, with families and responsibilities o
It baffles me honestly
Ezomo I wonder o. Well to the matter for ground.
I feel sorry for Oshimen.
I agree with Shuma on this.
In all It’s not bad if Oshimen looks inward to see what he can correct. He definitely needs to correct something about his attitude and character.
Conte definitely has something against him. It’s likely has some terrible information about Oshimen. His stubborn attitude towards a player of the calibre of Oshimen is funny and surprising.
He does not even want to see his shadow at all.
The club itself showed it and they have done that. I wonder why Oshimen renewed that contract in December.
On Chelsea I support Oshimen on this. You can put up such terrible proposal of a loan move and cutting his salary from 10m to 4m to s player like Oshimen. It shows they don’t really want him.
Nevertheless, we should try and stand behind our own at this period. Oshimen will be back.
CMN God humbles the proud, everyone is at risk of this spirit when we have almost everything we need. I think for someone who’s struggling with life he or she is not in a good place to understand this book of proverbs. The enemy will use them to campaign his agenda so I’m not surprised to see their agents on this forum. If the boy was proud from u15 he would not have gotten to this heights that is what he doesn’t understand that he must retrace instead of listening to liars and false men encouraging his arrogance and ignorance.
This is unfortunate.
I am not privy to what is really going on behind the scene but I think Osimhen major mistake was signing the new contract offered to him by Napoli.
Based on past precedence,it is well know what Napoli does, it is always clear that De Laurentis isn’t someone to be trusted. Osimhen should have never renewed. He had everything in his hands and should have stuck to his gun especially knowing fully well he had made up his mind to leave.
That said, the deed has been done. It’s not the end of the world. January is just around the corner. Osimhen needs our support now more than ever. The international break is coming at the best time for him. He needs the Super Eagles to get him going. Good thing he can still train and play with the unders and reserve team of Napoli.
I know it will be hard on him but he should stay strong and keep focus, stand on his conviction and keep training to stay fit. Players have been out with injury for over 6months and come back much more better. Let alone a fit Osimhen with all the rest. It shall well.