Roberto Calenda, the agent of Napoli star Victor Osimhen, publicly rebuked reports that claimed his client wouldn’t sign a new contract.
The 24-year-old Nigerian striker was the leading man in the Partenopei’s Scudetto charge last season, playing a crucial role in breaking their 33-year wait for a league title, scoring 26 goals in 32 games.
Osimhen has two years left on his contract at Napoli and the club are keen to tie him down to a new deal amidst the interest of some of Europe’s top clubs.
Calenda took to Twitter today to call out a report from Naples based newspaper Il Mattino, saying: “I read in Il Mattino that ‘Calenda has no intention of renewing in the summer and that he wants to explore all avenues in the market first’. Fake news.”
Osimhen has been linked to clubs like Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich in recent months but is seemingly happy to commit his future to Napoli and pen a new contract.
Partenopei president Aurelio De Laurentiis is not interested in selling the 24-year-old this summer and suggested that it would take upwards of €150m to sign the striker.