Head coach of Italian Serie A side Napoli Antonio Conte has given an update on the potential exit of Victor Osimhen from the team before the close of the summer transfer window, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen is free to leave the club before the end of the summer transfer window but Napoli want a fee in the region of over €100m for his transfer, and it has made his exit a lot difficult especially as he didn’t have the kind of season that powered them to the league title last time out.
Back at the team’s pre season camp , Osimhen who is among the players gearing up to the demands and methods of the new coach still has his sights fixed on an exit from the team, which Conte addressed on Saturday.
Explaining the situation surrounding Napoli’s transfer window, Conte said: “After my signature, the most difficult thing was to realign the whole situation and put Napoli back in the centre of all the important business.
“The situation now allows us to stay one step ahead thanks to everyone here, the club and thanks to the players who have understood. I expressed myself very clearly and with a vision that is hard to go against. Now the club is back in the spotlight.
Talking about Osimhen specifically, Conte added:
“We are talking about Victor as a professional, an excellent, top player.
“I spoke to him and he knows that absolutely nothing has changed. He belongs to Napoli and he knows that those who belong to Napoli have to work hard and have the right attitude, even if there is this sort of agreement, that we still don’t know how it will end.
“He’s here with a smile, and what counts at the moment is the training this afternoon and the attitude with me and my colleagues.”
Meanwhile Osimhen won’t be involved in the team’s training for the next two days as he picked up a muscle strain after the first day of working with the coach, who is known for his hard hitting training methods in pre season.
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