The Italian Football Federation announced the surprise departure of Mancini on Sunday, with the 58-year-old revealing that his decision to step down was for “personal” reasons.
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The Partenopei announced the Frenchman’s appointment through their official website and social media handles.
Club President Aurelio De Laurentiis said that the 64-year-old, who took over the Partenopei in 2021, has asked to take a sabbatical and would leave the club with a year left on his contract.
The Nigeria international’s 27th club goal of the season earned his side a point at Udinese, which proved to be enough for Luciano Spalletti’s team to win the title with five games to spare.
Coach Spalletti explained that it is the club’s fans who deserve this joy the most after 33 years of waiting
Nigeria’s Osimhen, Serie A’s top scorer with 21 goals, was sidelined for this month’s league games against Milan and Lecce due to a thigh strain.
This came after the Nigerian international was left out of manager Luciano Spalletti’s match day squad due to injury.
The former Lille forward is enjoying the best season of his career so far.
It looks only a matter of time before Luciano Spalletti’s rampant side secure a Scudetto dreamed of by Napoli fans since the days of Diego Maradona.
The Partenopei were already 12 points clear going into the second half of the season and only expanded that lead to 13 points thanks to this hard-fought victory and the crumbling form of Milan.
The Partenopei seem unstoppable at the moment, notching up an 11th consecutive victory in all competitions, something the club only achieved once under Ottavio Bianchi from April to September 1986, but this is the first time they’ve done it in a single campaign.
The 23-year-old Nigerian forward is a key part of Luciano Spalletti’s squad in the Campania capital and proved the difference maker in Sunday’s clash against the Giallorossi, scoring an attractive goal in the 80th minute to secure all three points for Napoli. Despite a recent thigh injury, Osimhen has done well this season, scoring four goals in seven Serie A outings.
The 23-year-old Nigerian forward started the season fairly well under Luciano Spalletti, scoring in wins over Hellas Verona and Monza, but things took a turn for the worse when he suffered a hamstring injury in the 41st minute of their Champions League win over Liverpool last month.
After their 0-0 draw with Fiorentina, Spalletti was again asked about talk of Cristiano Ronaldo joining Napoli in exchange for Osimhen.
Luciano Spalletti’s team were on top form at the Stadio Bentegodi, with goals from their Nigerian forward, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Piotr Zielinski, Stanislav Lobotka and Matteo Politano ensuring they got off to a perfect start.
The players were having a game between ranks at the Castel di Sangro camp in full view of the supporters when Osimhen became enraged at what he thought was a foul from new teammate Leo Ostigard.
The 23-year-old Partenopei forward was a part of the Nigeria squad that fell in their World Cup qualifiers in the recent international break, a heartbreaking result for the entire team and country. The controversy started after media reports suggested that there were concerns regarding his late return from intentional duty.
Victor Osimhen struck both goals for the visitors.
He said Wednesday ahead of their Europa League match: “We will do everything possible to shorten the recovery times.”
Osimhen was diagnosed with multiple displaced facial fractures after a clash of heads with Inter defender Milan Skriniar on Sunday.