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Napoli head coach Rudi Garcia has weighed in on the possibility of seeing Victor Osimhen leave the club this summer and admits the player is calm amidst rumours.
Osimhen joined Napoli from Lille in 2021 for a world-record fee for an African player and helped the club to their first Italian Serie Atitle in 33 years last season.
He put up dominant performances and topped it off with the golden boot, scoring 26 goals and becoming the highest-scoring African in the league for a single season and the league in general.
This has alerted the rest of Europe to his potential, but club president Aurelio De Laurentiis has slapped a price tag of €150m on the player to scare off some potential suitors.
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Goal UKreports that there is a standoff in contract extension negotiations after the club are willing to insert a release clause of £173m in his new deal, which opens the door for a permanent exit this summer.
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