{"id":14914,"date":"2023-08-13T07:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T07:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=14914"},"modified":"2023-08-13T07:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T07:40:38","slug":"napoli-offer-osimhen-n8-4bn-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=14914","title":{"rendered":"Napoli Offer Osimhen N8.4bn Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After protracted negotiations between Napoli and the agent of Nigeria international, Victor Osimhen, reports have emerged that a deal has been agreed upon with the striker now set to sign a new contract with the Serie A champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recently, Napoli\u2019s head coach, Rudi Garcia, confirmed that the Nigerian would extend his stay in Naples, ending the speculation surrounding the striker\u2019s future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI want Osimhen to be happy. The club and the player have executed commendable efforts. He\u2019s an essential driving force for us; we rely on his goal-scoring capabilities,\u201d Garcia said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOnce the agreement is official, he\u2019ll be able to focus solely on his on-field contributions, a prospect that I find preferable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Details published by Italian publication, Football-Italia, on Saturday, revealed that the Nigerian has been offered a new three years contract extension that includes a release clause at \u20ac150m and a salary at \u20ac10m (N8.4bn)\u00a0 per season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This new deal is expected to run to June 2027 and will see his wages sky-rocket to \u20ac10m per season from his current \u20ac5.5m including bonuses and a portion of his image rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Football-Italia added that the release clause is set to be at two different levels, one for clubs outside of Italy and one specifically for the Saudi Pro League, reaching \u20ac150m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Osimhen recently helped Napoli win the Serie A title for the first time in 33 years and also became the first African to win the Capocannoniere (Serie A Top Scorer Award).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The striker also broke a 14-year jinx of being the first player since Zlatan Ibrahimovic to win the Scudetto and the Capocannoniere same season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">His impressive performance received interest from numerous clubs this summer, including Manchester United, PSG, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea and several Saudi Pro League sides like Al-Hilal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While various prominent European clubs faltered in their pursuit, the Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Hilal seemed poised for success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Al-Hilal made not one but two bids for Osimhen and offered an alluring salary package that would have rendered him the highest-earning African footballer in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, President Aurelio De Laurentiis and Osimhen were always focused on continuing their rapport together at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 24-year-old forward was again on target during Napoli\u2019s 2-0 victory against Apollon Limassol in a recent friendly match on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After protracted negotiations between Napoli and the agent of Nigeria international, Victor Osimhen, reports have emerged that a deal has been agreed upon with the striker now set to sign a new contract with the Serie A champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5397,4738,2400],"class_list":["post-14914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-napoli","tag-seria-a","tag-victor-osimhen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14916,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14914\/revisions\/14916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}