Napoli are considering fining Victor Osimhen after the striker’s rifft manager Rudi Garcia during Sunday’s goalless draw with Bologna.
The Nigeria international missed a penalty in the deadlock before being replaced late in the game.
However, as he exited the field, Osimhen appeared enraged with Garcia and stuck up two fingers to Napoli’s head coach, implying that more than one striker should be on the field with the side still in need of a goal.
According to Il Mattino, Osimhen and Garcia will meet at Napoli’s training facility on Monday to address the incident, and the striker may be penalized for his outburst.
According to the report, after the team’s tie, Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo had a ‘tough’ chat with Osimhen inside the dressing room.
Garcia said after Napoli’s draw when asked about Osimhen’s enraged reaction:
‘Even the greatest players in the history of football miss penalties.
‘As for when he went off, we talked about that, what I say to my players remains in the locker room.
‘We have a lot of quality in the squad and on the bench, so Simeone, Politano and Elmas came on, I still have Jesper available too.
‘When we have this much quality, we can’t always have 90 minutes with the same men, especially as we have four games in nine days.
‘There is a team that starts, one that is in the second half and another at the final whistle. We will not go far unless I can count on all the players.
‘It is a positive that players are not happy when they come off, just as it can happen that I am not happy with their performances. It is a large squad, I want to use them all.’