Rudi Garcia returned to the tormented period experienced in recent days by his player Victor Osimhen.
Victor Osimhen smiles again in Naples. The Nigerian striker scored his fourth goal of the season on Wednesday evening during Napoli’s home victory over Udinese (4-1), on the 6th day of Serie A. While his team remained with one defeat and two draws in the league.
This victory is a satisfaction for the player who finds himself at the heart of a sporting and extra-sporting controversy with the club. Indeed, Osimhen had shown his dissatisfaction when he was replaced at the end of the match against Bologna, criticizing Garcia’s tactical choices.
On Tuesday, his agent threatened Napoli with legal action for posting a video on the club’s Tik Tok account, since deleted, mocking the striker for missing a penalty during that match. Consequently, Osimhen had removed most of the photos showing him with the Napoli jersey from his social networks.
Garcia calms things down
Following a first reaction on these two cases, Rudi Garcia returned in more detail to the situation of the native of Lagos. “ I complimented him (when he came out, editor’s note). I have had an excellent relationship with Victor since my arrival and I am happy because he scored a goal (…) In Bologna, we were all frustrated not to have won, he even more to have missed the penalty. This can happen, then we clarified and everything returned to sporting normal », Confided the former coach of Olympique de Marseille for the media DAZN.
As for the Tik Tok video affair, Garcia also calmed things down by emphasizing the total investment of his center forward: “On a sporting level and on other levels, particularly on Tik Tok, there have been a lot of things to manage in recent days. But I can assure you that Victor loves this jersey and that he is 100% invested in our project.”
