Victor Osimhen breaks his silence, and his testimony once again shakes up the capital gains scandal. The Napoli striker, interviewed as a person informed of the facts by the Guardia di Finanza, said he was unaware of the deal that brought him from Lille to the Azzurri in the summer of 2020. «Gerard, my old agent, called me to meet him in Nice. Luis Campos and the president of Lille, Gerard Lopez, were also there. They told me that I would had to transfer to Napoli, which already had an agreement in principle. But I didn't know anything about it", declared the player, as reported by Republic.
The story of osimhen It takes place in a difficult human context, marked by the death of his father in those very days. "I didn't have the head to think about football. I just wanted to know how he was doing. After his death, I was furious with Lille and my agent because I hadn't been able to see him before he died."
The striker also recalls the trip to Italy, amidst institutional meetings and contradictions.
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Only later osimhen he would have discovered the terms of the agreement. "I asked my agent for a draft of the contract, but he told me he didn't have it. I got angry and decided to return to France. Then I broke off my relationship with him." The deal, in the end, was concluded: 71 million between a fixed fee and technical compensation to bring the striker to Naples.
Today, the matter returns to the forefront of the investigation involving Aurelio De Laurentiis, accused of false accounting for the 2019-2021 seasons. The FIGC has dismissed the club's sporting case, but the president will face criminal trial following a request for indictment from the Rome Prosecutor's Office.
Osimhen also clarified his relationship with his current agent, Roberto Calenda, mentioning a personal loan of €550 he took out in 2021 for family expenses. A complex affair, in which sport, business, and private life are once again intertwined in the backdrop of one of the most controversial transfers of recent years.
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Osimhen's testimony seems difficult to understand, as there are so many details that don't add up. It's strange that a player wouldn't know anything about such a major transfer. Certain aspects of football are unclear.