The saga over the contract extension of Victor Osimhen at Italian Serie A side Napoli appears to be coming to an end following breakthrough in talks over a new deal with two years left on his current deal at the club, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Napoli have been sweating over the future of the 24 year old who powered them to their first league title in 33 years with 28 goals last season, making him the first African player to win the top scorer award in the history of the Italian Serie A.
A move away was on the card with top teams around Europe desperate to have the Nigerian but Napoli’s €200m valuation was too high to be met, only Saudi Arabia side Al Hilal came close to meeting the valuation.
That saga is now firmly over with a new deal that will keep him at the club till the summer of 2026 and not 2028 as earlier reported by most media outlets. Furthermore his deal will carry only one buy out clause as opposed to reports that says he will have two different clauses. One for teams in Europe and the other for teams in Saudi Arabia.
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The buy out clause is pegged at €150m and it kicks in at the end of next season. Meaning he is sure of staying at the club for the entirety of the defence of their league title. His salary has also been increased to meet up with his current release clause.
Osimhen will earn in excess of €10m a year net. A huge increase on his current €3m a year pay made possible by the fact that he could have earned move if he has insisted on leaving the team in the summer transfer window.
His current wage makes him the highest paid player ever in the history of the club that was once home to football legend Diego Maradona and others like Gonzalo Higuain, Edinson Cavani, Marek Hamsik, Dries Mertens among others.
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