Mauro Meluso, who was the sporting director at Napoli before moving on, has denied that Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen was racist.
Osimhen recently spoke publicly about his tough last few months at Napoli, prompting Meluso to respond.
Osimhen had earlier in the week asserted that his tenure at Napoli was marked by treatment akin to that of a dog.
A contentious TikTok video that Napoli uploaded following his penalty miss against Bologna in the past was accompanied by racist overtones, according to the Nigerian international.
“Regarding the TikTok video case, I remember that Nicola Lombardo [Napoli’s communications director] and I calmed Osimhen down,” Meluso stated, as reported by TMW.
The day following the release of that video, he was enraged. Racism was supposedly levelled against us, but the irony was spot on.
He took it really personally, but he should have known better than to use racist words; Napoli condemns racism in all its manifestations. The citizens of the city feel the same way.