Rave of the moment, Super Eagles and Napoli Striker, Victor Osimhen is on the verge of equaling another goalscoring record set by George Weahand Gabriel Batistuta in the Italian Serie A.
Osimhen who has scored in Napoli’s last eight games will be looking forward to scoring again when his side trade tackles with Lazio on Friday night.
The 24-year-old currently sits at the top of the Serie A goalscoring charts with 19 goals from 20 appearances this season (43 goals in 71 Serie A games).
The gangling Nigerian striker needs to score four more goals to surpass Weah’s Serie A record.
Long before Weah became the president of Liberia, he helped the Rossoneri to two Serie A titles in five seasons, scoring 46 times in 114 games.
The 24-year-old who has been linked with a move away from Napoli in the summer following his impressive form for the Partenopei is also on an eight-game goalscoring streak in the league and needs only three more to equal Gabriel Batistuta’s record of 11.
The Argentine who starred for Inter, AS Roma and Fiorentina legend in the Serie A set the record during his stints with the Florence based side during the 1994-95 season.
Osimhen’s goals stretch further clear of his closest rival Lautaro Martinez in the race to be crowned this year’s Capocannoniere.
He scored for an eighth successive Serie A match – the first man to reach that tally since Cristiano Ronaldo more than three years ago.
The Partenopei are already coasting home to the Serie A title after establishing an 18- month margin between them and Inter in second place.
Napoli are hoping to win their first Serie A title first time in 3o years.