Coach of Napoli Antonio Conte has set a timeline for Victor Osimhen to leave the team after dropping him from the team that prosecuted the two friendly games they have played at their training camp, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Napoli are at their pre season camp, where they played two games but Osimhen was left out of the games against Anaune Val di Non and yesterday as well he wasn’t listed in the team that played against Mantova. Their final game at the camp.
The decision to leave Osimhen out according to Corrieredellosport is because negotiations with French Ligue 1 side PSG is said to be making good progress, with chances of the deal happening now very much a reality.
However Conte has set a deadline of ten days for the deal to be wrapped up, with the team set to step up their preparation for next season with another training camp starting from Thursday next week. He wants the future of the 25 year old to be certain within that period.
Conte has also stepped up talks with Romelu Lukaku who has been marked out as the replacement for the Nigerian. Chelsea are opened to letting the Belgian leave and are only waiting for Napoli to make it happen.
Daniel Martins
