Italian journalist, Marika Fruscio, apologized after she dragged Victor Osimhen for removing Naples on IG

Italian journalist Marika Fruscio has criticised Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen for deleting the Napoli-related posts on his Instagram page, Soccernet reports.

Osimhen has been in the spotlight for the last two days following a video Napoli posted on their TikTok account to mock his penalty miss against Bologna on Sunday.

The post was then deleted, but the damage had already been done. And it has sparked a lot of controversy since Tuesday. Osimhen deleted all Napoli-related posts from his Instagram account.

Victor Osimhen’s anger was so much that the Nigerian had deleted all but three recent posts of him wearing the Napoli jersey, with many pundits seeing it as a sign that the striker wants out of the Italian club. However, Italian sports journalist Fruscio is not on Osimhen’s side. She sees it as a trivial issue and believes he reacted to the situation wrongly.

“You’re a champion, but it takes humility. What’s the use of deleting the photos of the team that worshipped and supported you,” Fruscio wrote on Instagram.

“What’s the point of flirting like this?? Even legal action for a sarcastic video? An intelligent man would have laughed at it. All of this comes amid, what was then frustrating, contract extension talks between Napoli and Victor Osimhen, the striker’s contract ends in 2025 and he has had offers from Saudi Arabia and is being monitored by Chelsea. To add more tension to the situation a video surfaced of Victor Osimhen arriving at Napoli training and not shaking hands with his teammates who were sitting on the steps of the entrance of the training ground.