Seria A: It Was Tough Signing Osimhen - Napoli Director

Seria A: It Was Tough Signing Osimhen - Napoli Director

By Sampson Adedeji

The Sport Director Critiano Giuntoli of the Italia Serie A side Napoli has explained how tough it was to sign Nigeria's Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Napoli first attempted to sign the Nigeria youngster in 2015 after he emerged top scorer at the FIFA U17 World cup but the player choose to join German Bundesliga side Wolfburg.

"“I remember Osimhen in the Under-17 World Cup and he had a great tournament. It was a tough negotiation process because it was done at a distance, so clearly we didn’t get the usual sense of whether this was going to work or not,” said Giuntoli.

Thankfully, it all went well. It was an expensive investment, but we are convinced he will do very well.”

At €50m plus €10m in bonuses and three youth team players, Osimhen becomes the most expensive ever Napoli signing.