Sports News of Saturday, 31 August 2024
Source: www.legit.ng
Nigerians are taking out their frustration at Napoli after their drastic actions on Victor Osimhen after the striker could not secure a move away from the club.
Osimhen was expected to leave the club after four years before the transfer window closed, but by the 11 pm deadline last night, he could not find a suitable agreement to leave the club.
According to Gianluca DiMarzio, Napoli sabotaged the move to Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli after requesting an extra €5 million despite the full agreement of €75-80mil.
The move forced the Jeddah-based club to walk away and immediately signed Brentford striker Ivan Toney for a reported £36million.
Nigerians flood Napoli's social media pages
Following the close of the window, the Neapolitans excluded the Super Eagles striker from their squad list for the 2024/25 season and stripped him of his number 9 jersey.
This prompted Nigerians to camp and insult the club under their social media post announcing the arrival of former Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour.
🔥 Run like Hell
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) August 31, 2024
Gilmour is in town 🎸⚽️
💙 #ProudToBeNapoli | #ForzaNapoliSempre | #WelcomeGilmour pic.twitter.com/YhYn6bj3pr