ANDREW EKEJIUBA
Ex-Real Madrid midfielder, Esteban Cambiasso and Inter Milan soccer legend, Giuseppe Bergomi, have taken a swipe at Victor Osimhen for switching agents during negotiations with Napoli.
1stnewsonline.com gathered that negotiations almost hit the brick wall after the Super Eagles terrific striker disengaged the services of Jean-Gérard Benoît Czajka, founder of Matching Sport International, amid claims that he negotiated bonuses for himself during contract talks with Napoli.
The Lille striker later employed the services of controversial agent, William D’Avila, who has close ties with Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr.
Speaking to reporters, Cambiasso stated, “If I too have changed as many agents as Victor Osimhen did, complicating a negotiation like the one with Napoli?
“Honestly not. I had my father, I trusted him; then my brother managed me. These things, in short, I did not do them.
“It is also true, however, that football has changed in some respects over the years.”
Also reacting to Osimhen’s action, 1982 Italy World Cup-winning defender, Bergomi added, “I have never behaved this way either. I, however, went to talk to the club alone or, at best, with my mother.
“That’s right: once my mother came with me and, seeing that I wanted to raise the requests for engagement, she said to me: ‘Beppe, leave it alone: take what they have offered you, it’s good money.”
1stnewsonline.com further gathered William D’Avila, Osimhen’s new intermediary, handles the affairs of several Super Eagles players, including Oghenekaro Etebo, Emmanuel Dennis, Henry Onyekuru and Anderson Esiti.
Meanwhile, Osimhen has completed his Napoli medical at the weekend.
The 21-year-old has been in Naples for the last few days for intensive negotiations ahead of the move, as transfer could be announced on Monday once the last sticking point, which is the Image rights, are resolved.
Osimhen scored 18 goals and provided six assists in 38 appearances across all competitions for Lille in the 2019/20 season.