Victor Osimhen was furious with Napoli after a controversial video appeared on the Italian club’s TikTok channel (Picture: Getty)
Napoli boss Rudi Garcia insists Victor Osimhen remains committed to the club despite the striker threatening to take legal action against his own club.
The Serie A club posted a bizarre video to TikTok seemingly mocking their own player earlier this week, despite the prominent role the Nigeria international played in securing the scudetto title last season.
The video featured a clip of the striker’s penalty miss from their match against Bologna last Sunday, with an odd, sped-up voice dubbed over the top.
The strange social media clip comes after there appeared to be tension between Osimhen and Napoli manager Rudi Garcia during the game.
The 24-year-old Nigerian striker was seen berating Garcia as he was substituted off with four minutes remaining of the goalless draw.
Osimhen was back in action and back on the scoresheet last night as Napoli returned to wining ways, after which the post match focus understandably centred on the future of a player who has been linked with Manchester United and Chelsea, as well as his relationship with his manager.
“In Bologna we were all frustrated at not winning and he was even more after missing a penalty, so that can happen,’ said Garcia after a thumping 4-1 victory against Udinese. ‘We cleared the air, it all went back to normal.
Victor Osimhen was back on the scoresheet in a 4-1 win over Udinese (Picture: Getty)
‘Over the last two days there was a bit of trouble with some clumsy behaviour. Nobody wanted to be hurtful, not the TikTok with the video of Victor, nor Victor by taking his photographs down on social media.
‘Nobody intended to hurt anyone, these are instinctive reactions and are understandable.
‘It is his social media account, he can do what he wants with it. All I can say is that he loves this jersey and will give everything for Napoli this season as well.’
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‘I complimented him, which is different,’ added Garcia. ‘I have had a very good rapport with Victor since the moment I arrived. I am happy because he scored a goal and centre-forwards always want to score goals.
‘He too was unlucky hitting the crossbar and upright in the last few games, but I told him to stay focused on the game.
‘Technically, he provided an assist today, because I had named him as the penalty taker this evening. I do not take someone off penalty duties if they make a mistake, but he decided to give that assist to Zielinski.’
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