Osimhen’s agent says the participant may sue Napoli after a video seemingly mocking his penalty miss was posted after which deleted from the membership’s TikTok account.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen is reserving “the best to take authorized motion” in opposition to his personal membership after a weird video seemingly mocking the participant was posted after which deleted from the Serie A facet’s official TikTok account.
The Nigerian striker’s agent Roberto Calenda launched a press release on X, previously Twitter, saying the video induced “very critical harm to the participant”.
“What occurred immediately on Napoli’s official profile on the TikTok platform shouldn’t be acceptable. A video mocking Victor was first made public after which, however now belatedly, deleted,” Calenda stated within the assertion on Tuesday.
“We reserve the best to take authorized motion and every other helpful initiative to guard Victor.”
Osimhen missed a late penalty in a goalless draw in opposition to Bologna in Serie A on Sunday and the video featured a clip of the striker’s penalty miss with an odd, sped-up voice dubbed excessive.
🇳🇬 This was the unique video posted by Napoli about Victor Osimhen… after which deleted.
⚠️ …participant’s agent Calenda introduced that Osimhen is contemplating to take authorized motion in opposition to Napoli. pic.twitter.com/0PLunco9aD
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 26, 2023
Final season, Osimhen helped the Italian team safe a primary league title, the membership’s first in three a long time, by scoring 31 objectives throughout all competitions.
The unusual social media clip comes after there seemed to be stress between Osimhen and Napoli supervisor Rudi Garcia throughout the sport.
The 24-year-old striker was seen berating Garcia as he was substituted with 4 minutes remaining of the goalless draw.
After the match, Garcia informed reporters: “Even the best gamers within the historical past of soccer miss penalties. As for when he went off, we talked about that, what I say to my gamers stays within the locker room.”
Osimhen, who captured the curiosity of Manchester United this summer time, didn’t comply with signal a brand new contract with the Italian workforce.
Champions Napoli are seventh within the standings and play Udinese at house on Wednesday.