He needed me! — Osimhen reveals one supervisor he would have beloved to play for

Victor Osimhen has revealed the one supervisor he wished he may have labored with earlier than leaving Napoli for Galatasaray.

Victor Osimhen has shed new gentle on his ill-fated remaining days at Napoli, revealing that Antonio Conte desperately tried to maintain him on the membership regardless of the mounting tensions that led to his 2024 departure.

In a revealing interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, timed completely forward of Galatasaray’s UEFA Champions League playoff in opposition to Juventus, the Nigerian ahead opened up about his relationship with Conte, who arrived as Napoli’s head coach in the summertime of 2024.

Osimhen opens up on need to work with Conte

“Conte needed to maintain me: I’d have beloved to work with him,” Osimhen admitted, instantly countering rumors that the Italian tactician had pushed for his exit.

“Folks had been saying round that Conte did not need me within the staff. Come on, critically? Which coach at that second would not have needed me?

“As quickly as he arrived, Conte known as me into his workplace and instructed me he was conscious of the scenario however that, regardless of all the pieces, he needed me to remain.

“I defined to him that I’d have favored to work with him, however by then I had made my alternative: I did not wish to proceed working in a spot the place I did not really feel comfortable.”

Osimhen’s admiration for Conte echoes the respect he has repeatedly proven for Luciano Spalletti, the coach who guided him to the 2022-23 Serie A title.

But, regardless of Conte’s private plea to remain, the harm from the membership’s actions proved irreversible. Osimhen selected a mortgage transfer to Galatasaray, the place he has since returned to his goalscoring greatest.