Mr. Aurelio De Laurentiis who is the owner of Napoli has admitted that he is very ready to sell Victor Osimhen if he does not sign a new contract soon.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Osimhen’s contract with the Serie A champions runs out in June 2025.
However, the Super Eagles striker’s future in Italy is in doubt, after the club’s official TikTok account mocked him for missing a penalty against Bologna.
De Laurentiis has now said although a new deal has been verbally agreed, Osimhen could still leave Naples.
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He said: ‘We verbally agreed on new deal in August, then if things change on his side… life goes on. Victor’s contract expires in June 2025, there’s always time. Remember, I sold Koulibaly to Chelsea one year before end of his deal.’
Africa Today News, New York a fortnight ago reported Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has sent out a warning against the maltreatment of Nigerians living abroad.
Tuggar also pointed out that Nigerian sportsmen and women in the Diaspora must be treated with dignity.
The minister stated gave this warning against the background of a viral video from Napoli’s TikTok account trolling Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, for missing a penalty kick in a match against Bologna.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir and obtained by Africa Today News, New York, the minister said the government considered the life and dignity of every Nigerian in the Diaspora sacrosanct and deserving of respect and dignity in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
He said, ‘When we go about our duties, we should always remember Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
‘They are endowed with reason and conscience, and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.’
The minister added, ‘Napoli did not act in the spirit of brotherhood by mocking of her star player, Victor Osimhen, who was instrumental to the team winning the Serie A championship last season.’
Abdulkadir noted that the Federal Government and Nigeria’s embassies would continue to monitor happenings not only in Napoli, but around the world on how her sportsmen and women and all other citizens in the Diaspora were being treated, and would waste no time in seeking redress of such maltreatments.