Napoli sporting director Giovanni Manna has confirmed Victor Osimhen has asked to leave the club, reports Complete sports.com.
Osimhen has been tipped to leave the Partenopei this summer
The Nigeria international reportedly has a release clause of €130m in his contract.
The 25-year-old was recently linked with a move to Premier League giants Chelsea.
The Blues, according to reports are keen to sign him on loan with a buy option.
“He (Osimhen) asked to leave, we are calm because we have players in the squad who can replace him in the best way,”Manna told SportmediaSet
“However, we do not want to harm the integrity of the group and want to preserve it. We will see what will happen in the next few days.”
The former Lille striker was not included in Napoli’s squad for the Coppa Italia clash with Modena on Saturday.
By Adeboye Amosu
TrevorR
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Osimhen engineered all this struggle he's facing now in my opinion. He shouldn't have signed that extension in the first place. Napoli has been a greedy club ever since. I think there's an agreement of percentage between the club and the player on that release clause that both parties don't want to give up. Before the just ended season could start or at it's beginning, Napoli official page trolled him and made it look accidental. For me, it was a clear red flag to understand that for Napoli, he was just a machine that could be changed at anytime and nothing special to them but he didn't see it. when teams started coming in for him he refused which isn't a bad decision especially after winning the league and feeling grounded but that sign should have taken in as a warning to not rush into commiting his future. Let's hope for a solution but the Napoli I know will make sure he leaves on their term. They don't care even if you leave for free.
Lahmmed•-•
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The decline of Napoli will start soon. You cunts have no idea what you did, the disrespect to Osimhen will be your downfall
Lahabimz
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you so welcomed to the blue