Osimhen: How Napoli forced me to accept contract

Osimhen: How Napoli forced me to accept contract

Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen has revealed how then-Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis forced him to accept a move to the Serie A club in the summer of 2020.

Osimhen said while providing his statement to Italian police as part of an investigation into claims of irregularities in his move from Lille to Napoli five years ago.

Speaking to the Financial Police Department as part of the continuing investigation in Italy, the Nigerian international said that De Laurentiis forced him to accept the transfer in summer 2020.

The 26-year-old said (via Habersarikirmizi): “My previous agent, Jean Gerard, had told me that Napoli were seriously interested. But he was only interested in my transfer, not my father’s health. At the time, I wasn’t focused on football; I just wanted to know how he was doing.

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“Gerard called me to meet him in Nice. Lille’s president, Gerard Lopez, was also there. They told me I needed to transfer to Napoli, that a general agreement had been made, and that it was a good opportunity for Lille due to the pandemic. But I knew nothing.”

“I was very angry with Lille and my agent after my father’s death,” Osimhen said. “Because I hadn’t been able to see him before he died.

Osimhen: How Napoli forced me to accept contract