Former Italy U-21 and Napoli forward, Antonio Floro Flores has described Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen as a mediocre footballer.
Recall that the Nigerian international joined Napoli in 2020 before helping the team to win the Serie A title in 2023.
In 2024, Osimhen left Napoli to join Turkish giant Galatasaray on loan.
Speaking with Kiss Kiss Napoli, Flores stated that Napoli made Osimhen and should show some respect to the club.
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“Osimhen? He has to go to Saudi Arabia. I’m tired of talking about him. I get annoyed talking about a mediocre footballer. He only did well for one year,” Flores continued.
“We’re talking about a character that bothers me. A man that leaves a city that made him what he his.
“Not even his mother knew him, and yet, he allowed himself to remove the Napoli shirts from his intagram profile.
“If I was his agent, I’d take him to Saudi Arabia. I don’t think he knows this, but he’s not a champion.
“He’s not De Bruyne it’s about the story. Look at Fabio Quagliarella, see how many seasons he did in the Serie A and Serie B, that tells you what a footballer he is,” the-ex-Sassuolo forward concluded.
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Listen! Antonio Flore Flores or whatever you call yourself,you have no right to qualify our own Victor Osimhen in those unprintable and negative adjectives. For a professional to describe another professional as “a mediocre footballer ” portrays you as a big fool.
Victor Osimhen is a Champion. He has been African Footballer of the Year Without him SSC Napoli could not win the Serial A Scudetto for many years. He came and and his goals won it for Diego Maradona”s former club. He is currently a very important member of the Nigerian national team .
Antonio Flore Flores, a glance at your own profile shows you as the real mediocre footballer.vaJust 5 appearances for the Italy U21(not even the Azzurris full squad) and. “a mediocre” one goal to show for it. You have not played in the European Championship,you have not played at the FIFA World Cup, and you have not achieved anything as a coach. Next time ,learn how to control your mouth. Leave Osimhen alone to sort out his club future.
Flores I’d a core racist and an unknown player.
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And they want us to break the bank for a mediocre player…
They want us to sign for 1 billion pounds.. lmao
Throwing up blames that if he was a Brazilian they would have signed him for 1 trillion pounds lmao….
They think white folks are fools…
A player who had only one good fluke season for Napoli then went to a mediocre league (tolotolo league) twice he became injured and it took him dozen of games before he started scoring in a mediocre league ( I mean I remember some folks were all here begin him to start scoring)
@MonkeyPost,
Your obsession with Victor Osimhen is starting to look spiritual, and not in a good way. At this point, if Osimhen sneezes in Lagos, you’re the first to catch cold in your villa. You’ve been monitoring him like EFCC on a Yahoo boy, yet every time he scores, your blood pressure spikes. Bros, take water, ok?
Let’s be real — ever since your uncle Finidi was bounced out of the Super Eagles job (or even before then), you’ve been projecting that heartbreak on Osimhen like a jilted ex. Now that some confused relic called Flores opened his mouth to vomit nonsense about Osimhen, you suddenly found your voice again like it’s Christmas morning. We see you.
You claim Osimhen is arrogant and unruly — but let’s unpack that. You wanted him to keep quiet while Napoli treated him like a houseboy? This is a player that won them their first league title in over three decades — 26 league goals, multiple individual awards, and historic moments — and they repaid him with mockery and manipulation. But in your usual “Monkey logic,” he should be calm and obedient because he’s black and a Nigerian?
Let’s talk form and consistency — since that seems to offend you so much:
22 goals in Turkey in 24 games.
One of the top scorers in the Europa League.
Led Nigeria to AFCON qualification.
Scored a crucial brace in the World Cup qualifiers.
Nigeria’s 2nd all-time top scorer, just a few goals shy of the great Rashidi Yekini.
Yet here you are, calling him a “fluke” because he now plays in Turkey or could it be because he had a spat with your uncle? My brother, Victor is writing legacy, you are writing nonsense. How does that make sense?
And what’s with the hypocrisy? When Osimhen snubbed that AL Hilal offer, you dragged him. When Chelsea didn’t pull the trigger, you mocked him. When he moved to Turkey, you said he downgraded. But when he started peppering goalkeepers across Europe, you developed selective amnesia. At this point, it’s safe to say Osimhen’s success gives you colossus nightmare.
You love to say he only scores against “weak teams,” but weren’t these same “weak teams” giving von? Rwanda beat us in Nigeria. Lesotho nearly embarrassed us. But when Osimhen scores, it’s suddenly not valid because you want to downplay his impact. Na wa.o.
Let’s be honest — your problem is not football. Your problem is that Osimhen refuses to fit into the small box you and people tried to put him in. He’s not begging for relevance. He’s not kissing up to handlers. He’s not doing press-ups in the media to look good. He’s just doing what you hate most: winning loudly and confidently.
So, next time you want to mention Osimhen’s name, try to do it with the respect he’s earned. Or better still, block him, so you can finally rest from your self-imposed heartbreak.
Because no matter how many insults you write, Osimhen will keep scoring, and your BP will keep rising.
Kindly drink some hibiscus tea.
Signed,
@Papafem –
@papafem wow so he scored 22 goals in 24 games in the premier league? Sorry Turkish league? Wow that’s massive! Considering Turkish league is no 1 in the world followed by the Saudi league(second)….
And then he was the top scorer sorry ok u said one of the top scorers in the champions league sorry Europa league….see am so sorry my phone keypad is malfunction…..ok but then that’s also massive …
Then he led Nigeria to the Afcon title….wow that’s massive!
He scored a crucial brace against Ghana in the world cup qualifiers sorry against Egypt sorry ok it’s common Rwanda….
Then he is Nigeria’s second highest goal scorer with all his goals coming against tough and strong African opponents like Sao Tome and Principe, Liberia, seria Leone, lessotho, cape Verde, central African republic..
Wow! That’s very massive..I never knew…I think I need to read and research more….
Flores or whatever you are called, what have you won both as a player and coach for you to spill our such ugly words against an honourable African Footballer of the year, if Osimhen is a mediocre footballer, why such a big amount on his release clause?
Please jealous and ignorant coach go face your heavy problems and leave Victor Osimhen to choose the club he wants
Hahahaha…..former Italy U21 stirker….former Napoli striker….former Sassuolo Striker……LMAOoo
I guess these where all his achievements in football……the real mediocre here…..LMAOoo
Napoli didn’t make Osimhen, Osimhen made Napoli……they never won jack shit for 30 years until he fired them to a league title, becoming the league’s top scorer without being a penalty or freelick taker for the club….LMAOoo
Oga Flores, shebi you sef play for Napoli….how far…???
Osimhen is a mediocre…..we agree…LMAOoo, but you have never and will never achieve what that mediocre has achieved……you never ever debuted for the Italian national team all your life…..LMAOoo
Ive noticed those who call Osimhen mediocre have a common trend in their life……FAILURE…..LMAOoo.
Most of them are failures who are frustrated osimhen has the type of life the dreamed of having but never had.
On the contrary, those who acknowledge osimhen’s greatness are true greats too……the likes of Drogba, Mikel, Scholes, Ferdinand, Gallas, Cole etc…….as they say, Real knows Real
And lets quickly test this collosal failire’s hypothesis…….76 goals and 18 assists in 4 seasons for a striker who was neither the penalty taker nor the freekick taker for the club is nearly 20 goals and 5 assist per season……LMAOoo…..quite clear he wasnt good for just one season…LMAOoo. Hatred and Jealousy can really amplify the stupidity in a person ey….LMAOoo
Oga flores how market, what is your own Napoli scorecard……wait for it…..3 goals in 67 appearances across 4 seasons……LMAOoo. Your seasons best all the 20yrs of your career running between Serie A to B to C was that season whn you score 14 goals in the Serie B……LMAOoo. No wonder the riffraff was even mentioning serie B…LMAOoo
So we see where your frustration is coming from bro. Well feel your pains….LMAOoo. That 250k Napoli is forking out per week on a “mediocre” player is really painful. Another team somewhere is ready to shell out nearly 3 times that amount just to have that “mediocre” on their team…..LMAOoo
May God make my children and children’s children mediocres like Osimhen if their mediocrity can be yielding up to €700k on a weekly basis……LMAOoo
Osimhen should have continued to lick the door posts of Napoli after being racially abused by the same club……LMAOoo.
SMH, reading. trash from a jealous white trash.
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He is an e-fool.
God dang, he wanted to hurt him. “Not even his mother knew him”
I agree I get tired of hearing osimhen stories when its going nowhere, just speculations. But see how his personality and character is making is being known everywhere. “We’re talking about a character that bothers me. Yet, he allowed himself to remove the Napoli shirts from his instagram profile.” But die hard fans celebrate his character here.
I mentioned before, I was listening to a uk sports show and a former liverpool player said osimhen is quite contentious at times and not 100% committed. And also its hard to justify $250,000 a week to a player who had ONE good season. This is a desperate move if anyone wants osimhen he said.
Pained man, face your career and leave Osimhen alone.
I knew we still have a lot of morons like monkey post lying around making senseless comments. Osimhen is their saviour and broke the jinx! Aside that he will live to Osimhen win World Best. I just pray the big club like Madrid looking for real 9 comes calling soon.
Osihmen Mosimen. Osihmen zigizaga. You are far better than other strikers in world football .
Haters likes Flores are totally inconsequential to the ascendance of Osimhen.
Victor Osimhen is one of,( if not) the best striker in the world currently. Undeniably, the top 5 picks are Osimhen, Isak, Haaland, Lautaro and Gyokeres. with respect to the old guards Lewandoski, who could still do the job and the new kids, Ekatike and Sesko.
So, the haters could cry as much as they want, it takes nothing away from VO. They can scream blue murder about his pay or try to diminish his personality, it changes nothing. Whether they like it or not, the record would state, Osimhen is already legendary in Napoli, Galatasaray and Nigeria.
Haters cry more. Your wailing makes for a comedic read. You are all laughable.
It’s unfortunate that a racist pig without skill nor brain talking about a world star, if you don’t like him go and hang yourself
This Flored guy of thing is a monkish racist!