Super Eagles Legend bypass Salah tips Osimhen to win African player of the year award

After scoring 17 targets in 18 league video games for the Parthenopean, Osimhen has recently gained consideration and caught the attention of sure European groups.

Former Nigerian Worldwide, Mutiu Adepoju, has predicted Victor Osimhen to be named the subsequent Africa’s participant of the award.

The previous Tremendous Eagles participant, who has 48 appearances for Nigeria, feels nobody can match Osimhen’s stage of efficiency.

The 24-year-old has been on hearth for Luciano Spalletti’s crew this season, scoring a plethora of targets and serving to them pull forward of their rivals for the Serie A title by 16 factors.

Comparatively, to different African gamers, Osimhen has scored 17 targets in 18 league match appearances for Napoli and is presently main the Serie A scoring chart with 5 targets, adopted by Ademola Lookman with 12 targets.

Eight targets in his final six Serie A video games.

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Attributable to Liverpool’s dismal run of play, Mohammed Salah, who had hoped to earn his third African participant of the yr title, has solely been capable of rating 7 targets in 20 Premier League video games for the Reds.

However in response to Mutiu, the Nigerian ace is the best proper now and nobody can carry out to his stage.

He instructed Brila FM that “No one is on the stage he’s now, and I imagine he nonetheless has time forward to do extra.”

Nevertheless, the previous Taking pictures Stars participant famous that Osimhen is the probably candidate to win if the African Greatest Participant nomination have been to happen proper now.

“If now was the second to choose the African greatest participant, he’ll win it simply.” The 52-year-old says.

After scoring 5 targets in January, together with a brace towards Juventus, the Tremendous Eagles’ star was voted the Serie A participant of the Month for the month of January.