Napoli have hired Rudi Garcia, who is currently the coach of the Italian national team, to replace the departed Luciano Spalletti. They fired Garcia to hire Mazzarri and now they’re firing the Italian manager
Former Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri suggests Victor Osimhen could have spent more time at the club before being sacked had he been present in the Napoli squad Soccernet.ng reported.
The 62-year-old Mazzarri was appointed as Gli Azzurri‘s manager after a poor start to the season under coach Rudi Garcia. Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen suffered a hamstring injury in his second start after taking up the club.
Osimhen, 25, helped Napoli win the Italian league last season and won the Golden Boot award in the series, but he managed just eight games under Mazzarri and is scheduled for the 2023 season in Ivory Coast. He left to represent Nigeria in the 2019 AFCON tournament.
During this period, Napoli struggled without their talisman, recording only three wins out of nine games, and had not played since his return due to health concerns, and it was hoped that Mazzarri would be acquired.
According to a report published by La Repubblica, the former Cagliari manager wants Osimhen to play against Barcelona in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League in Naples in order to buy time. It was.
“I wanted to get to know Victor Osimhen on the pitch against Barcelona,” Mazzarri told La Repubblica in a quote published by CN24.
Slovakian Francesco Calzona has been appointed head coach of the three-time Serie A champions and will remain on the sidelines until the end of the season.
Calzona will lead Slovakia at Euro 2024 and the country’s FA says his deal at Napoli is until the end of the season. He has a contract with Slovakia until 2025, which would be automatically extended if they qualified for the 2026 World Cup.
