I am inclined not to believe a club that puts out a racist video of its player.
Victor Osimhen | out of options | goes to Gala on loan
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
What the heck is "the coconut issue"?
There was a controversy last year from some content posted on the SSCN TikTok. See here :
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/victor-osimhen-£74m-napoli-signing.456607/page-6#post-31139333
Jeezus... just found it
Italians are fecking insane
I don't know what video that is, I don't really follow that stuff.
Same here, until I came across this today.
In short, a Tik Tok clip saying Osimhen isn't a boy or a girl but a coconut, co-co, co-co, nut.
Then there's another of Hirving Lozano being Speedy Gonzalez.
Napoli explains that's the sort of content that is popular with their Tik Tok followers.
This is a statistic that clearly separates him from Immobile, Lukaku and the other “average Serie A players” he was compared to by some posters here… Better goal/minutes ratio than Vieri and Trezeguet is something.
But he kind of seems to be quite injury prone. Big clubs aren’t going to spend 100+ and the kind of wages he is taking on a player who misses a third of the games every season.
I think it's better if football clubs just don't get involved.
Correct. When fit, he’ll bang in goals consistently.
I think if he had a relatively injury free season last year, similar to the Scudetto season, more clubs would have come for him this summer.
Jeezus... just found it
This is why seeing people in this thread saying "he's mismanaged his career/shown bad judgement" is so confusing to me. Napoli was taking the piss out of their star striker. They sabotaged their relationship with the guy they were asking over £100M for. Most people aren't staying with an employer that does that.
So,
PSG offered 150m and it was turned down
He signed a contract extension with a 130m release clause.
PSG offered 110m and it was turned down.
Napoli tik tok posted that video.. relationship broke down. (not sure why it was racist, but apparently it was.. it was certainly not complimentary and I have no idea what the guy managing that was thinking)
He was upset because Chelsea did the right thing and negotiated with the club instead of tapping up the player.
Saudi club agreed personal terms with Osimhen but not a fee with Napoli. They didnt accept the bid.. Assuming the fee was under his release clause.
Slavery was thrown in .. because.. he is black?
Does that cover it?
Napoli are right to ask for a fee they want.
He is right to not be bullied into a move he doesnt want.
Nobody wins.
You're leaving out key bits of information.
1. Contract extension was signed under a gentleman's agreement, which was that Napoli would let him go when a suitable offer came in (for both player and club). This was after Napoli had already turned PSG away when victor wanted to leave after the 2022/2023 season.
2. Chelsea negotiated in bad faith, colluding with Napoli to force Victor's hand, and even putting out a false story about 500k demands
3. Napoli kept changing the goalposts for the Saudi offer at the last minute, showing bad faith
4. The slavery angle was unneccessary but no stranger than when Cristiano Ronaldo made similar claims, and I don't think anyone thought it was because he was black then. Maybe it's because players are sometimes treated as chattel property, which would be understandable if two clubs were attempting to force one to move somewhere against his will. No?
A contract is a contract at the end of the day but the manner Napoli have conducted themselves in was purely vindictive and the manner Chelsea have conducted themselves was predatory. That would cover it.
If we have reached top4 by the Summer and want to go higher, then we will need both Osimhen and Hojlund no matter how many goals Hojlund scores
Assuming Zirkzee doesn't reach Osimhen levels by then (unlikely)
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So how much to get him here for Christmas?
All I want for Christmas is Osimhen or Toney. Let’s make it happen.
couldn’t agree more. Osimhen is younger but both fit. Definitely smarter move to go younger but he’s not proven here.
Zlatan esque. We miss a quick shot in the side. Get close and just whack it.