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  • Arsenal in contact with Napoli for Super Eagles star

    Arsenal in contact with Napoli for Super Eagles star

    Premier League club Arsenal are in contact with Napoli for Nigerian international, Victor Osimhen.

    Despite spending almost two months on the sidelines with a cheekbone fracture, the 23-year-old has still managed to score 16 times from 28 matches in all competitions this season.

    Arsenal are known to be interested in Osimhen having extensively scouted the player this term.

    Guardian reporter Freddie Paxton has revealed that Arsenal have been in contact with Osimhen’s agent.

    He has stated that the club’s interest in the player is serious, with Osimhen keen to test himself in the Premier League.

    Newcastle have also been linked with the 20-cap international, though he is more interested in joining Arsenal.

    Though one stumbling block could be the whopping £84m asking price slapped on his head.

  • Arsenal eyes Osimhen as Napoli set hefty asking price

    Arsenal eyes Osimhen as Napoli set hefty asking price

    Premier League side Arsenal eyes in-form Napoli striker Victor Osimhen.

    The Super Eagles star has become one of the most sought-after forwards in world football after 21 goals in 44 league appearances for Napoli.

    Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is targeting a big striker signing this summer after the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

    Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nkeitah are also entering the final months of their respective contracts.

    Gazzetta dello Sport – via Sport Witness – have reported that Osimhen is on Arsenal’s radar.

    However, their pursuit of Osimhen will depend on whether they have enough to cash to meet Napoli’s asking price of £84million.

    The north London club are currently in fourth on the Premier League and securing Champions League football could go a long way to signing Osimhen next summer.

    Manchester United and Newcastle United have also been linked with the 23-year-old.

  • Man Utd make decision on signing Victor Osimhen

    Man Utd make decision on signing Victor Osimhen

    Premier League club Manchester United are not moving forward with their attempt to sign Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen.

    The Red Devils are eager to sign a centre-forward in the summer, considering the situation involving Mason Greenwood and the likely departures of Edinson Cavani and Cristiano Ronaldo.

    Osimhen is someone who is highly rated in Serie A, and is admired by United interim boss Ralf Rangnick, per the Daily Star.

    However, Man Utd claims that Napoli informed United that Osimhen would cost around £100 million, which has ended the Red Devils’ interest.

    They are likely to pursue other targets, as they do not believe the Nigerian merits such a transfer fee.

    Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland, Inter Milan ace Lautaro Martinez and Tottenham Hotspur skipper Harry Kane have also been linked with a move to Old Trafford.

  • Napoli coach praises Victor Osimhen after victory at Venezia

    Napoli coach praises Victor Osimhen after victory at Venezia

    Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti was pleased with their 2-0 win at Venezia.

    Victor Osimhen and Andrea Petagna struck for the visitors.

    “This win gives us that superior awareness, we have the possibility to play good games, to always play to win. Today we brought home an important win on a difficult pitch,” said Spalletti, who was pleased to see Osimhen on the scoresheet.

    “He has the quality, it’s us who have to improve in serving him, not dribbling all the time and not putting the defenders in a position to defend against his qualities.

    “In the first half we played too much man to man and not enough in space, forcing him to have the entire opposing team around him.”

    He added: “Either two defensive midfielders and a trequartista or two mezzali and a deep midfielder makes little difference. The important thing is that we are all more of a team. Then if you put a physical midfielder you lack quality up front.

    “We didn’t play much with Demme, who is very good and builds play well. Lobotka has made important steps forward. He plays well and makes the team play well.”

  • AFCON: Oliseh, Osimhen, others describe Eagles win as best performance in years

    AFCON: Oliseh, Osimhen, others describe Eagles win as best performance in years

    Sunday Oliseh, Nigeria’s former Super Eagles coach, says the game against the Pharaohs of Egypt is the best performance by the Super Eagles in recent years.

    Oliseh made this known via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday following Eagles 1-0 victory against the Egyptians at the Roumde Adjia Stadium of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon.

    The first group D game saw Nigeria dominate the game from the onset leaving no space for a reply by the Egyptians.

    Oliseh, however, added that fans could become optimistic going forward.

    “Technically, tactically, physically, mentally & whatever positive you can think of, Eguavoen’s led Super Eagles, I feel, dominated Egypt and this is, the best Eagles performance in recent years.

    ” At this rate, we can be extremely optimistic my people…”, he tweeted via @sundayooliseh.

    Meanwhile Napoli based forward Victor Osimhen, who was unable to be in Cameroon due to COVID-19 related issues, also hailed the team’s performance.

    “Congratulations guys, amazing performance. We continue to build on this momentum,” Osimhen noted on his Twitter handle @victorosimhen9.

    Also four-time CAF Women Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala, added her voice in praise of the team through her page @asisatoshoala.

    “Thank you Super Eagles. Everyone showed up today. Beautiful football too.

    What a way to start the tournament…”, Oshoala tweeted.

    Nigeria will face Sudan for the second group D game on Saturday before meeting Guinea Bissau on Jan. 19.

  • Super Eagles striker that excites me – Eguavoen

    Super Eagles striker that excites me – Eguavoen

    Super Eagles interim coach, Austin Eguavoen, has admitted Napoli’s Victor Osimhen excites him.

    The 22-year-old has scored nine goals in 14 appearances for his Serie A club this season.

    Osimhen was also Nigeria’s top scorer in the second round of 2022 World Cup qualifiers with four goals.

    He is expected to play at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, after confirming he would be available for selection.

    “When I see Osimhen, it reminds me of strikers who can put you on your toes as a defender the entire 90 minutes.

    “If you blink, he will punish you.”

    “So I think Osimhen is one player that really excites me when it comes to attacking,” Eguavoen told ATHEIST

  • Super Eagles striker Osimhen set to miss AFCON

    Super Eagles striker Osimhen set to miss AFCON

    Serie A club Napoli have announced that Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen is set to be sidelined for three months with a facial injury.

    It means the 22-year-old will miss the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, which kicks off in fewer than seven weeks’ time on 9 January.

    The Italian side said the striker had surgery on his cheekbone and eye socket on Tuesday, having sustained fractures in the 3-2 defeat by Inter Milan on Sunday.

    Osimhen, who is Napoli’s top scorer this season with nine goals in 14 appearances, was substituted in the 52nd minute following a nasty clash of heads with Inter’s Milan Skriniar.

    “Titanium plates and screws were used in the operation,” said a statement on the Napoli website.

    “The player is doing well and will remain under observation for the next few days.”

    The news will be a blow for both club and country, with Osimhen in a rich vein of form at the moment.

    He has scored five Serie A goals and four more in the Europa League for Napoli this season, and Osimhen netted four times in six games to help Nigeria reach Africa’s World Cup play-offs next March.

    He also finished as joint-top scorer in qualifying for the delayed Nations Cup, with five goals.

  • Victor Osimhen to undergo facial surgery

    Victor Osimhen to undergo facial surgery

    Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, is set to undergo surgery after fracturing his cheekbone in their clash with Inter Milan on Sunday night.

    The Super Eagles star started the game, but came off 10 minutes into the second half due to the injury.

    Osimhen was involved in a clash of heads with Milan defender, Škriniar.

    Tests carried out on the 22-year-old showed multiple displaced fractures of the orbit and left cheekbone.

    Napoli have now confirmed Osimhen will undergo an operation in the next few days.

    An official statement read: “The instrumental tests carried out on Victor Osimhen at the end of the Inter-Napoli match revealed multiple displaced fractures of the orbit and of the left cheekbone.

    “The player will undergo surgery in the next few days and will remain under observation at the Niguarda Hospital in Milan tonight.”

  • Serie A: Victor Osimhen suffers multiple facial fractures

    Serie A: Victor Osimhen suffers multiple facial fractures

    Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has suffered a serious head injury in defeat to Inter Milan.

    Osimhen has been diagnosed with multiple displaced facial fractures after a clash of heads with Inter defender Milan Skriniar.

    The Nigeria international will not undergo surgery.

    Osimhen was taken to the San Raffaele hospital for tests, which showed multiple displaced fractures of the left cheekbone and orbital bone.

    The striker is Napoli’s top scorer with five goals.

  • Victor Osimhen equals Mertens’ Napoli record

    Victor Osimhen equals Mertens’ Napoli record

    Super Eagles striker has become the second Napoli player to score in three straight games in a European competition in the 21st century after Dries Mertens.

    Osimhen scored Napoli’s second goal in their 3-0 thrashing of Legia Warsaw in a Uefa Europa League game on Thursday.

    The 22-year-old started the encounter on the bench and he was introduced for Hirving Lozano, just before the hour-mark.

    Osimhen has now scored four goals in three Europa League matches this campaign and he also has a tally of five goals after seven league appearances for the Serie A leaders.

    The former Lille talisman is the second-highest scoring player in the Europa League this season alongside Leicester City’s Patson Daka who scored four goals in a game after Cameroon’s Karl Toko Ekambi who has five goals for Lyon so far.