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Victor Osimhen excluded of Napoli Serie A team for period

.Aug 31, 2024, 02:16 PM ETVictor Osimhen was actually certainly not featured in Napoli's official 23-man Serie A team for this period, after the Nigerian striker's expected step out of the nightclub fell short to materialise.Osimhen's 26 goals helped Napoli to their Scudetto win 2 times ago, but it has all curdle considering that, and also although the want-away player is actually still at the club, meanwhile he plays no part in their plans.Osimhen, 25, authorized a contract extension along with Napoli in December, keeping him at the nightclub till 2026 and with a disclosed launch provision of EUR130 million.Editor's Picks1 RelatedA month later on, club head of state Aurelio De Laurentiis claimed Osimhen will leave at the end of the period, and in recent times his assumed destination looked Chelsea or even Saudi Pro Organization club Al Ahli.Negotiations took place until the transmission window approached both Italy as well as England on Friday, but with Osimhen's wage requirements evidently certainly not met by Chelsea, it seemed he was on his method to Saudi Arabia.Napoli, nonetheless, carried out decline the offer from Al Ahli, who at that point signed Ivan Toney coming from Brentford for an expense ESPN stated to be u20a4 40 million ($ 53m), and signed Belgian Romelu Lukaku coming from Chelsea.Information from News agency was utilized in this particular file.