A day after his Scudetto dreams were effectively over, Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen and his Napoli teammates have been sent to a permanent training retreat by the club’s management in order to maximise their quality, according to club officials.
Sunday afternoon’s shocking 3-2 loss to Empoli left the Partenopei title hopes vanish. Napoli were leading 2-0 but Empoli scored three goals in the final ten minutes to leave the club in third, seven points behind leaders AC Milan.
“The club, board of sporting directors, coach and staff have decided that the most important thing to do right now is to continue the usual daily training schedule,” the club said.
“Shifts will remain the same, with great focus on individual components and the overall group. Meetings covering theory and assessments of upcoming games will remain the same as always.
“This will all be combined with evening dinner meetings to open ourselves up to possible criticism, problems, misunderstandings and the quality of our play, all of which is to maximise the quality of our players, which was showcased in the first half of the season, in particular,” the club said in a statement.