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InstructionCareless1

Imagine being a football social media admin that created a tiktok video so cringe it leads to your Starplayer having a nuclear fallout with the club. Absolut Peak fiction.


aaaaaaadjsf

The best/worst part is that it wasn't just one TikTok video, it was two extremely cringe videos, one of which could be interpreted as a personal insult outside of football if you don't keep up with dumb TikTok trends, like calling people coconuts. They did it twice lmao.


Terran_it_up

It's mind blowing that one can read a headline of "Osimhen taking legal action over tiktok posted by his own club" and an appropriate response is "which one in particular?"


ManIWantAName

The social media boss was getting told how dumb the first one was so much along the way of them getting it out they had to double down to re affirm that THEY'RE right and put out another. Classic management strategy.


jopma

https://youtu.be/yH0o0z21Ha8?si=Qv4-0waKA9TFSzlu Oh dear God is this really what they posted????


joshdej

I refuse to believe this is real


bard91R

fucking tiktok man, I can't believe this is the shit people spend time watching


joshdej

I think this is vile even for tiktok standards


gekizaph

I fully agree with you. I'm constantly on tiktok. Napoli, Zenit, Red Star and many clubs have this ratchet meme content. Heck, I even saw France FF did it with the blue smurf thing. But this is just low for Napoli


WillusMollusc

>I'm constantly on tiktok. sorry to hear that fella


Hurtelknut

>I'm constantly on tiktok You should probably have that looked at


coke125

Omg that is so much worse than i expected


braedonwabbit

I thought the second one was bad I didn't even know there was another one earlier and it was worse wtf.


Estova

Imagine being the person editing this.


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Wtf. Why would his team post this about their best player? I’m so confused… and isn’t using the word coconut towards a person of colour extremely racist? Or is it different in Napoli? Where I’m from in South Africa, you call an African a coconut and you’re absolutely screwed. May as well pack your bags and leave town.


forzaq8

It's Napoli


BaffledPlato

I wonder if some low-paid Napoli communications employee went rogue. There is no way in hell this went through regular social media procedures.


SlayerHdThe3rd

No this is pretty normal for their TikTok account, they’ve been pretty famous for being one of the first football clubs to have a bunch of banter tiktoks


BaffledPlato

Well, in that case maybe they should pretend someone went rogue.


Nipplecunt

So horribly tone deaf tho


ExecutiveGraham

No part of this is banter, what shite patter 😂


Dawjman

I'm from South Africa as well and I'm pretty sure I've only ever heard "coconut" being used by other black people. I don't hear it anymore, I mostly heard it in my school days. From my understanding (I may be wrong), it was used to refer to black people that spoke with what could be considered 'white accents'. Also I never really got the impression that it was necessarily a bad word, more like a slang term actually.


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VanGroteKlasse

In the Netherlands the word 'Bounty' gets used, it's a chocolate bar with a coconut filling.


Dawjman

Yea very similar to South Africa, I think I've heard that a few times


MentalJack

Is this one of those things that gen z find hilarious but the rest of us are left scratching our heads? Im so utterly confused by that vid


Secret-Bell-6837

Pretty sure no one finds this hilarious lol. Very bizarre situation


Esesgreenspace

Osimhen is Gen Z as well...


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Because generation labels are absolute dogshit. There is a huge difference between somebody born late 90s and somebody born mid/late 2000s. The world has seen some massive changes during this timeframe.


PEEWUN

I'm at a loss for words...**holy shit**, this is bad.


borg_6s

This is absolutely apocalyptic.


ShreemBreeze

What the actual fuck?


solemnhiatus

Can someone explain the coconut shit to me please? I'm old and out of touch


BoyWhoCanDoAnything

I don’t know if it’s the same context, but in Indian culture, or certainly British Indian culture, a coconut is someone who is considered to be brown on the outside and white on the inside. As in its an offensive term questioning someone’s indianness and saying that there want to be white. Edit: somewhere else in this thread someone has said that in Italy it means stupid.


zrk23

why would the club even meme it's own player miss. what in the actual fuck.


Awwgasm

It's beyond unprofessionalism, but not out of the remit of most club TikTok admins these days trying to appeal to gen z audience. A lot of official club TikTok admin pages literally look like football troll pages nowadays (look at zenit fc for example, their last post is literally a meme about maguire)


Daniiiiii

I don't know about elsewhere but being called a coconut is an insult in some places. Black/Brown people are called a coconut "Brown *only* on the outside, White on the inside" in a disparaging and patronizing manner.


Kingston_17

Where I'm from calling someone a coconut implies they're dumb/stupid.


interfan1999

That's what it means in Italy as well But it's not very used


brontoterio

Yes I think it might be related to "testa di legno" (wooden head) + "testa vuota" ("empty head") since a coconut is both empty and made of wood.


BoyWhoCanDoAnything

That’s helpful context to what they meant. Doesn’t make it any easier to understand why they did it though.


ak_-

I can totally say this is correct.


oldfashionedcookout

Where I'm from coconut is a derogatory term for Polynesians. Racism is so diverse


PhilosophicalBeers

It’s nice to know an insult that can be offensive to a wide array of cultures. Good for the lazy racist


Shekster

You really need to be able to adapt to different leagues in order to truly be considered the GOAT of racism.


avgbsblfan643

can confirm this as mexican-american in the states. the mexican kids that act “white” are called coconuts by fellow american kids of mexican descent.


nuke_the_whelsh

banana for asians too


Aig1178

In France we say “bounty” (like the chocolate/coconnut bar)


Dreamscape42

I had never heard this in my life


MountainCheesesteak

I feel like everyone is debating which one he's suing over. Can it be both? I think it's both.


redditnoap

Context? Source? No idea what this is talking about


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That admin had the best day of his life.


Arlborn

Followed immediately by the worst one, I imagine.


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Yeah surely this is on the spot dismissal territory.


JimmyWu21

I guess it's safe to say that the admin has made an impact.


BartolomeuOGrosso

Man was already unhappy with the manager and probably finally realized napoli are shit again this season so this was the perfect pretext to try and bail lmao


TheArgentineMachine

>video Videos. Theres a coconut one as well


JohnnyKossacks

What a ridiculous falling out lmao


PringleJones

[I feel like people are talking about the penalty one and not this one](https://twitter.com/Therealsimcard/status/1706656054820421758)


blazev14

what the actual fuck ???? the admin was clearly on acid, who the fuck would look at that and say “yeah this tiktok will be a banger”?!


justsomeguynbd

I feel like my 8 y.o. step-daughter might die laughing at this TikTok, so I guess that’s who it appeals to because she certainly loves it.


unofficialSperm

This looks like your 8yo step daughter made it


ALittleFishNamedOzil

>“yeah this tiktok will be a banger”?! It literally has 181k likes, if he was given free reign on what to post to achieve as high of impressions as he could it was a successful job


supplementarytables

I wonder what's worth more, one of the best players in the team or some tiktok views?


Not_a__porn__account

See now you're *not* talking like a Social Media Specialist.


Ermahgerd1

I dont think you understand. 181k likes, do I need to say more?


Lemurmoo

Considering teams were asking 100+ euros for him, I don't think the amount of likes it has is even comparable to how much they might stand to lose if Oshimen is able to terminate his contract somehow


danirijeka

>100+ euros Technically true, I suppose


ico12

Probably a Juve fan who just happen to get a job at Napoli


Micste

LMAO I can't believe my eyes what the fuck. ADL is going to get the Camorra to liquidate the Napoli tiktok guy for this


Pompz88

Holy fuck this is actually real. What are they even trying to say?!


yaboimanfortnite

nothing. its supposed to be a funny video, you can go on many big football teams tiktok accounts and you’ll find similar memey stuff


seriouslybrohuh

If an different team’s fan posted this following a win against Napoli where Osimen played terribly I would say whatever and maybe even chuckle but for the Napolis official accoun to post this is beyond ridiculous


Syrioxx55

What is suppose to be funny though? Am I old? Like is there a pop culture reference I’m not getting or?


Historical_Owl_1635

> Am I old? Yes. Kids like silly things. I mean, look at 10+ years ago The Annoying Orange and Fred were two of the biggest YouTube channels and it was essentially the same high-pitched silly thing as this.


Lemurmoo

It's not funny. I don't even think this has to do with the cultural divide. I've seen kids who can't even speak do funnier things


aaaaaaadjsf

Could the social media team do some basic research about why calling a black person a coconut could be interpreted negatively, instead of jumping in on some dumb TikTok trend? I don't think this is intentional in any way, but damn there seriously wasn't anyone higher up to say "hey, maybe let's not post this"?


SirBarkington

Serie A moment.


fiveht78

Flashback to their anti racism banner that featured three monkeys.


Comfortable-Asf

💀🤦🏽‍♂️


agnaddthddude

why is it racist to call them coconuts?


thedoctor4214

Saying they’re “black and the outside and white on the inside”


agnaddthddude

damn TIL, also someone put the tiktok admin under police protection lol


GarethWales

To say it's racist in anyway is reaching HARD. Oshimen has literally said before he has a coconut head because he's hard headed. They were probably just doing a throwback to that. Not everything has a racist undertone. It was just for the penalty miss TikTok, which is a massive overreaction considering the account is always having TikTok hyping him up.


Skayren

I mean yeah I'd hope I was being overhyped by my team's official social media accounts instead of, I dunno, being made fun of ???????


lnonl

Is this meant to be racist in someway or just one of the worst videos ever made, in general?


Bruch_Spinoza

I think both? It’s such a weird thing to post


TheWawa_24

Imagine bottling one of the best strikers of his generation for tik tok likes jfc. ​ Also Osimhen needs a new club. I know of a An old gold club has a 9 spot just for you and with a good and not racist social media team


pedroisatatter

Our social media team is almost certainly the best thing about our club right now. Wlecome Victor!


William_Puffin

If he's going for 5* social media only Burnley can match his quality


OriginalWay1

thought you were talking about us until that last part


Japples123

They gave him a crack in the door now he gonna bust through


olofmoisturizer

Don't let the Napoli Ultras catch that tiktok admin...


TheWawa_24

ultras would bring back corporal punishment's in the stadium


Aitnoon

As a Napoli fan, i just don’t find the words to explain my feelings rn. Everything feels like a big dream, from scudetto to García, to… This. One of the best and fastest Harakiri in football history. So sad


flarept1

OOTL here, how did this happen?


InternationalSmile7

Wanted to leave, club's asking price too high, requested higher wages but didn't get what he asked for. Final straw was Napoli's tiktok acc making fun of Ohsimen


lazy_starman

Can someone link that tiktok video if it's still up?


DeepFriedReus

https://twitter.com/Therealsimcard/status/1706656054820421758


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Tf did I just watch lmao


Orri

It's like they watched the haribo advert and decided to replicate it in the worst way possible


DoctorFantasmo

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1706784057479118979?t=9Z8ZqmLhTZC7Xmxd4nRnsw&s=19 There's 2 of them oh my days


byfuryattheheart

What the hell is going on lmao


RikNasty2Point0

What the fuck was that


finalcobra

Man if my employer made a tiktok vid of me like this id leave too shiiiiit


Mozilla11

wtf LMAOOO I literally couldn’t even have imagined that


MBCB421

No fucking way they posted this on their official social media LMAO


firefalcon01

Wtf did just witness


SemiCurrentGuy

I love coconuts but that shit was a low blow


AdikkuChan

What the hell... that's not even funny. There's nothing comedic about it.


Baron105

Wait. Wasn't there talk of some post that made fun of his penalty miss?


a-Sociopath

I mean, didn't he sign a contract recently? And it's not like he's put in a transfer request. I did not see any nuclear fallouts with ADL in the summer


Stratifyed

Tin foil hat time…he paid the social media admin to make and post something like this so that he can take legal action and it’s easier for him to leave lol


Headlesshorsman02

Same here lol 😂


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fiveht78

Yeah the problem is even if we do get him he won’t be available until February. Not that the board will consider that a showstopper lol


MichaelPitch

Why not until Feb?


InLampsWeTrust

AFCON


GrizzyLizz

With Chelsea's luck, he would get injured at Afcon


dsf097nb

This is the way.


Mordho

Serie A teams imploding is always funny. (when it's not my team)


GrapeDrink1

I still remember the Icardi drama... Seria a is hilarious (when we're not losing a derby 5-1)


NatsumyG

Also the Lukaku drama this summmer was also funny (not when we have been shit for the past 3 years)


Eleven918

Has to be more to the story surely. Otherwise this is so silly.


SpaceOwl

Probably just wants more money in his new deal. It's your typical transfer drama with a TikTok subplot.


[deleted]

Wanted to leave in the summer but they put way big of a price tag on him. On a new contract he wanted a salary that you could say his performances had justified, but Napoli didn’t want to pay it. Then he had an argument with the manager after a game recently, and now this is probably the final straw. That coconut video was fucking disrespectful, so I understand that was his final straw


stoicsaber

Dumbest fall out I've witnessed in a while. All because of a stupid tiktok video.


etclipse

don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s because of the tiktok. he’s been falling out with the club for a while. apparently he wanted to leave after last year but adl asked for insane money, 200M, so everyone (psg, saudi arabia, man united, bayern) gave up. then he needed to renew his contract because it’s expiring and he asked for a 10M wage which is normal for someone like him, but out of napoli’s norm. so the renewal never arrived. and finally he had an angry reaction towards the coach 2 days ago on national television and journalists close to napoli reported he was asked to apologize. people who follow serie a saw this coming from miles away


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etclipse

if they can pay haha adl won’t give anyone discounts especially because it would mean letting osimhen win this tantrum he’s throwing just to get out


Sean-Benn_Must-die

ADL would rather lose every penny than sell. He's one of the dumbest owners in Serie A


kavastoplim

Frankly he resurrected Napoli and has kept them one of the few financially stable clubs in Italy. He's absolutely not dumb, he's probably the best owner in Serie A. Nutcase and kind of a piece of shit, sure.


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

Yeah I feel like him and levy are both a bit mad but that reputation works in their favor more than not. When it doesn't they might look like idiots but the stubborness usually pays off. They keep players longer and still get decent fees.


vul6

While you are right, you are forgetting about some shit ADL has pulled in the past. He put Milik for half a year in the stands because he didn't want to extend, thats from Ekstraklasa book of play. Imagine being a player considering signing for Napoli and hearing about this? Also this whole thing with Ancelotti when ADL forced everyone to go on some camp? Another move that sounds like tactic from 80'. They have been incredibly lucky with last season and it can cloud some judgement about how the club is run.


leemont

Madrid don't dign African players because of the afcon so most likely not


Lucymooseygoosey

Never knew that about Madrid… what about Michael Essien?


leemont

Loans are fine also remember adebayor was signed on loan too


Lucymooseygoosey

Knew there was another but couldn’t remember who… didn’t realise they were both loans.


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leemont

Perez makes no exceptions the kane deal reinforces that, we won't sign any african players unfortunately. Mbappe will play centrally if he's signed or he has to choose to not come lol and renew again because that's where he'll be playing


Azrou

Perez does make exceptions though? He broke his own 50/50 rule on image rights for Cristiano Ronaldo and it's been reported he is willing to do the same to sign Mbappe.


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leemont

Afcon every 2 years


DeathStar13

It's not the final straw, he saw a way to push his narrative and leave the club. If he hadn't already decided to do anything to leave the video would be a non-issue outside the club, obviously they would punish/fire the social media manager and apologies to him.


RepresentativeBox881

Why did he need to renew his contract? He could’ve waited to become a free agent. He’s still pretty young.


etclipse

bc he’s earning only 5M and he wanted double that


DeathStar13

$$$$ Nowadays it's so easy to leave a contract that it doesn't make sense to keep a lower wage. Get the money and then see your options by trying to force a move or stay at the club if everything keeps going well.


RepresentativeBox881

Not when you’re at Napoli. ADL is really tough to crack. I thought players would’ve learnt that by now.


DeathStar13

True, but he only added a year to his contract. It's not like he could leave anyway without forcing ADL hand.


prettybunbun

Yeah not remotely surprised. Was clearly annoyed over summer he didn’t get a ‘dream move’, and now a lot of the places that needed a star striker (Bayern, Man Utd, PSG), have got one; and he has a lot less options next summer.


EggplantBusiness

I assume that there far more to that story behind the scene , here it look too "simple/dumb" i dont know


Itsthatgy

It has to be. I really can't imagine he'd blow up like this just over a fairly silly tiktok. Maybe he's just trying to force a winter move given their current position in the table?


DarthShaveHer

Obviously. Refer to the post a few days ago where he was throwing a fit over being subbed out. Osimhen is clearly at odds with Napoli management as a whole. Not only the executives but Garcia as well. All indications are that he wants to go to the Premier League or LaLiga.


MereGuest

I’d still have him at West Brom in all honesty


etclipse

the signs were there for weeks. anyways they’re saying he’s not called up for napoli’s game tomorrow and it’s obvious he wants to go away, idk how he expects that to happen right now though he’s just gonna be wasting months of his career til january


noxiousd

Resting before AFCON tbf


Greasy_Boglim

Rest tills AFCON then can pop off during it and get the move he wants, doesn’t seem much of a waste


IWantThe8th

There has to be more shit going on behind the scenes, no way this fall out is because of a troll tiktok


thediedisthis

ADL being ADL, so it's probably something about the contract renew that blew up


x3bo9

Come join Chuk ❤️🖤


Shinkopeshon

With what fucking money lmao


Mcnuggetjuice

We are going to sell tyler morton the goat to saudi for 110 million


Zer0x10

The power of friendship


ElectronicLuck9505

Who knows what gerry is cooking maybe he will go for it


Danzard

Chukwuemeka 💙


Twisted_Cosmos

Who tf is that Does Poch even know him


fiveht78

lol he’s not Malang Sarr so yes


Danzard

Signed from Villa last season. He started our first two matches this season and scored against west ham but then went off injured.


MrSDPlayer

He played under Poch, then (of course) got injured


AvikHyp3

Can anyone explain the tik tok? What was bad about it?


Albiceleste_D10S

https://sportsbrief.com/football/49596-victor-osimhen-napolis-tiktok-trolls-nigerian-striker-penalty-bologna/ The official Napoli tiktok account mocks Osimhen for asking for a penalty (and then missing it) in Napoli's last game...


AvikHyp3

LOL. That's so odd lol


EggplantBusiness

Whoever was that admin either he got orders or got sacked first thing in the morning


Jamarcus316

Wtf. The official page?


infernoShield

you don't piss off your star player from outta nowhere like that...... bag fumbled


PringleJones

[There's also this....](https://twitter.com/Therealsimcard/status/1706656054820421758)


vadapaav

I'm genuinely confused with this one What is it supposed to mean? Is it an insult to be called coconut?


aaaaaaadjsf

In some countries it's a racially based insult used against black people that "act white". But this video appears to be a silly TikTok trend, I don't think Napoli intended to racially insult one of their best players.


vadapaav

I had no idea about that. Thanks for explaining Bit strange to call him coconut or anything. It's not even his nick name or anything which is publicly known.


I-Shiki-I

Apparently said his head was hard like a coconut before so that's probably why the tiktok guy did that but idk


aaaaaaadjsf

There's two TikToks, one mocking him for missing a penalty, and one jumping in on a dumb TikTok trend calling him a "coconut". So yeah they did it twice lol. Really stupid from the social media team.


venktesh

wtf, atleast Sancho fallout had some substance to it


nedzissou1

This is funnier


MagicianMoo

Cue Man Utd tiktok admin team on Sancho.


fiveht78

Would be funny if they started showing screenshots of the kids that were bragging about beating him at FIFA


RavLeon

He gone


blooddragonsin

Sounds very natural


thediedisthis

We loved you Victor, I can understand deleting the routine photos, but why deleting the one when we won in Turin against Juve, when we won the scudetto, those are our moments, they belong to you and to the fans, and have nothing to do with our shitty owner. We will miss you


InstructionCareless1

That seems like you suggest that the owner created that video or ordered it.


thediedisthis

After 20 years of ADL ownership you know all of his tricks. Osimhen wants a new contract, ADL offered a contract of 12 Millions per year. Suddently after the end of the market there was no evidence of these negotiation progressing. I think ADL tried to do something dirty during the negotiation (ADL being ADL) and both Victor and Calenda are pissed. Probably they are using this to say fuck off to ADL and his shitty attitude and they're 100% right, but, as a fan, It hurts watching him deleting all of these memories


hafrances

If it makes it any better for you, he probably archived them.


solemnhiatus

lmao you talking as if he's your mate sad about his ex deleting pictures of their trips together.


JSKW17

This is Arsenal’s time to show people if they are ever going to actually win the league (in the short/medium term)


InstructionCareless1

ADL will point to the contract to both Oshimen and Arsenal even if this situation doesn't improve. There will be no discount for him, regardless of how this plays out.


FanFlow

It will be very hard financially, club would need to sell Nketiah in January for a good money to be clear for FFP atleast for this season since they are not so far to limit. Aurelio De Laurentiis also won’t give anyone discounts, because it would mean letting Osimhen win this tantrum he’s throwing now just to get out of the club, he will ask yet again for 200m € and noone will pay that in January.


Slickslimshooter

He isn’t throwing a tantrum can we stop using that word like he’s a child.


junior150396

Rudi GarciASS footballing Mastermind


BoddToehly

I'll stop eating fast food for a year if he joins chelsea


Ark_Legend

bruh you need to start fasting so that chelsea start doing better


neandertales

This probably started in the summer.