Former Nigeria striker Peter Ijeh believes that Victor Osimhen’s attitude and character are deterring potential suitors from pursuing the Napoli striker.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ijeh, who spent a significant part of his career in Scandinavia, highlighted the importance of attitude and character in European football, suggesting that Osimhen may not fully grasp this concept.
Ijeh remarked, “How I wish he understood that Europe is a small community that takes attitude and character as keys because it is directly influenced by children, and at the same time, they are notorious for double standards.
Even Lagos is bigger than six countries, so it is more or less a community where everybody knows everybody.” His comments seemingly referenced Osimhen’s verbal altercation with former Super Eagles coach Finidi George.
Osimhen has expressed his intention to leave Napoli, having played his last match for the club at the end of the last season.
Although Napoli is willing to sell him, his £100 million release clause has posed a significant obstacle. The club has recently lowered the asking price to £85 million, attracting interest from Manchester United.
However, like Chelsea and Arsenal, the Red Devils have since pulled back and are now in negotiations with Alvaro Morata instead.
Napoli even offered Osimhen to Manchester United in exchange for Mason Greenwood plus cash, but the deal did not materialize.
Meanwhile, new Napoli coach Antonio Conte has reportedly informed Osimhen that he will not be his main striker next season.
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