Naples, Osimhen anxious: a knee injury is feared

Naples, 15 October 2023 – Victor Osimhen and the championship stops: a complicated and never banal story. The current one, however, is surpassing all previous ones, with the Nigerian dealing with various disputes which, inevitably, also worry the Napoli.

The two woes of Osimhen

In the headquarters of Castel Volturno, where among other things the problems are rampant at the moment, the attention is catalysed by the physical problems of the Nigerian, who came out battered from the match againstSaudi Arabia. The story, in the context of the chaos on the bench, experienced various moments. At the beginning, concern prevailed, then replaced by a sigh of relief which, in the last few hours, has instead become real anguish. osimhen, which in the meantime ended up in the center dIt's a real war in the family at home, in the match in question he suffered two physical problems: the first, muscular, should be of little importance and was the one that had initially deceived the Napoli of having avoided a much worse situation which, instead, could be represented by a possible problem with the knee and in particular with its tendon. The blue number 9 has already undergone a first MRI, the results of which will be available in the next few hours. At that point, to be precise on Monday, the bomber will return to the Campania capital where, regardless of the outcome of the tests carried out by the medical staff of the Nigeria, will be subjected to further investigations to definitively clarify the situation and, above all, the recovery times. Since one of the players' notoriously weakest points is involved, even in the rosiest hypothesis (the most remote one at the moment) it is unthinkable to see osimhen on the pitch againstGreece Verona: yet another bad news that hits a Rudi Garcia that his future will be played out in his next matches Napoli. Then, in the background, there would be the other issue in which the Nigerian is sadly the protagonist: a shady family story with criminal consequences which, beyond the details, implications and reasons of the case, takes time back to when osimhen it was a fresh purchase of the Napoli who found himself embroiled in some trouble as soon as he returned home. Between parties, Covid and various excesses, the first osimhen seen in the Campania capital he was the exact antithesis of the player who instead, with commitment, perseverance, sacrifice and self-sacrifice, would lead the Azzurri to the scudetto. In short, historical courses and recourses which at the moment represent the problem that worries the headquarters the least Castel Volturno, sadly accustomed to welcoming bad news when for osimhen an often black autumn arrives.

Simeone and Raspadori warm up

Autumn that risks being downright gloomy Garcia, who along the way loses points, trust, credibility and now even pieces of the squad. In reality, the problem is not new for the French coach, who had already had to give up in recent weeks Amir Rrahmani e Juan Jesus, practically the two pillars of the defense. And, never like in this case, words were followed by deeds. The case of osimhen it would be and is different, with the dogma of immovability which in fact has never been such: what speaks are the numerous outgoing substitutions of the Nigerian, carried out among other things also with the Napoli at a disadvantage in the result. Almost like a mocking twist of fate, now Garcia he risks having to actually give up the blue bomber, so far the author of 6 goals in season. Not only that: apart from the shadow of an injury that is neither short nor trivial, a common specter when the knee is involved, for Garcia there is also the mockery of fate which in practice, in the eyes of the most critical part of the square, will deprive him of the possibility of complaining about the absence of the attacker. Translated into a nutshell: when osimhen he was available and was on the pitch, the treatment given to him was often not the most flattering and now any alibi is no longer available. In short, the perspective of the party of the so-called 'Garcia out'It's basically this. Then there is that of Aurelio De Laurentiis, probably not even that different: to speak it is the chain of phone calls and contacts aimed at finding a new coach for his Napoli. It wasn't like that and that's how it was Garcia he remained in the saddle, even with a big question mark hanging over his bench and his actions. In short, there are few certainties at the moment in the Campania capital: the same fate as osimhen, awaiting the verdicts that are leaving an entire city in suspense, is constantly evolving. Perhaps the only fact that is almost a fact is the absence of the Nigerian in the match against Verona, the first of the famous triptych (completed by Union Berlin e Milan) who could decide (this time for real and without second thoughts) the fate of Garcia. In this case, the Napoli he can still draw from a long and quality bench: the same one he drew from Luciano Spalletti more or less a year ago, when a Castel Volturno the same problem arose. It has always been said, without fear of receiving denials, that keeping elements such as Giovanni Simeone e James Raspadori it's madness. The former may not be a technical monster, but when it comes to punishing opposing goalkeepers he is certainly one of the best in the game. Serie A. The second, curiously, at Garcia 'studies' as a midfielder, while Spalletti, who himself had this intuition last winter, sees it as the central tip of the National. Who knows, perhaps the most regretted ex will give his heir a Breakers new and finally master of the role right now that a new striker could be needed who doesn't make us regret the luxury injured player. Before making any choice, it will be necessary to know with certainty the fate of osimhen, which thus risks 'dirtying' the path of this season too. In short, the Nigerian really doesn't want to know about making a clear path, without any stops: every autumn brings with it some trouble and it is possible that the script could repeat itself even in this season which is already rather complicated for his Napoli.

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