PESEIRO NAMES OSIMHEN FIRST CHOICE PENALTY TAKER FOR SUPER EAGLES

Tremendous Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has hailed Victor Osimhen for his management qualities and confirmed the Napoli striker because the staff’s first-choice penalty taker, The PUNCH studies.

He takes over the position from Odion Ighalo, who final featured for the Eagles in opposition to Ghana in March, throughout the 2022 World Cup play-off.

Osimhen stole the present scoring 4 objectives for the Eagles as they annihilated Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 on the Stade Adrar of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

Group A qualifier in Agadir, Morocco final Monday.

However the ahead handed up an opportunity to attain his fifth of the sport to substitute Emmanuel Dennis, who broke his scoring duck for the staff in what was his sixth look.

The transfer, nonetheless, was counseled by Peseiro, who lauded the Napoli striker as a “participant with a coronary heart.”

The previous Lille striker additionally made two assists within the encounter because the Eagles moved high of Group A with six factors forward of Guinea Bissau, who’ve 4 factors from two video games.

“Osimhen is a pacesetter in his persona and will have scored 5 objectives in opposition to Sao Tome as I’ve appointed Osimhen as our designated penalty taker,” the Portuguese coach stated.

“However he gave Dennis the chance to attain, I like his humility, he’s a superb man with an enormous coronary heart and I recognize it.”

In the meantime, Arsenal are main the race to signal Osimhen after the north London membership reportedly returned with an improved bid for the Nigerian striker.

The Nigerian, who scored 18 occasions and made six assists in 32 video games final season, can also be on the radar of different high European golf equipment.

Italian giants Napoli positioned a €100m (£86m) price ticket on the highly-rated 23-year-old striker.