Victor Osimhen could leave Napoli despite supposedly-binding agreement

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Victor Osimhen’s actions since the shameful videos posted by Napoli on TikTok seem to prophesy his departure.

The Nigerian ace has refused to renew his contract with the Italian side, with the still-running agreement valid until 2025. Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis still maintains a confident face that the player is likely to stay at the club, though past events favour the opposite.

Victor Osimhen has still not allowed anything related to Napoli to be posted on his Instagram account, where he recently did an angry cleanup that centred on removing anything related to the Serie A club. This was the result of several videos the club posted on social media, one of which was racist.

Though the club claims it had no intention of hurting the player, a decent apology is yet to be tendered, many think.

..after a series of lengthy contract negotiations which ended with the parties shaking hands and agreeing to continue together, Victor had second thoughts.

– SSC Napoli.

Victor Osimhen is currently breaking an oral promise he made to the club, according to Napoli’s president. The president said he would sell Osimhen if things did not work out.

‘I have never not been calm when it comes to Osimhen, but it takes two to tango,’ he said. ‘I remain the same, if his mood has changed, then there’s not much I can do about that. If after a handshake things change, that is disappointing, we take it into account, but life goes on. We have a good rapport with him, the contract runs to 2025, so there is time. Don’t forget I sold Koulibaly at the last minute.’

Napoli released a statement on the matter saying, ‘SSC Napoli would like to clarify recent comments made by president Aurelio De Laurentiis regarding Victor Osimhen, given that his words have been distorted by certain media publications. President De Laurentiis did not say anything negative about Victor.

‘He simply stated that after a series of lengthy contract negotiations which ended with the parties shaking hands and agreeing to continue together, Victor had second thoughts.

‘President De Laurentiis hopes this is merely a pause for reflection. Over the coming weeks, when Victor will not be able to play as he recovers from injury, the president, Osimhen and his agent Roberto Calenda will sit down calmly to discuss the future. Describing relations between Osimhen and Napoli as frosty is entirely out of place.’

Teams from three different leagues are reportedly interested in the costly player.