Osimhen: What Next After Record $96m Transfer To Napoli?
Playing his football as well as eking out a living on the streets of Lagos, Victor Osimhen, Nigeria international striker, had only one desire: to be the best and successful. Osimhen is now the man of the moment, hugging the headlines from Lagos to London and from Naples to Niamey as the most expensive African player ever after signing a mind-blowing $96 million transfer deal to join Italian Serie A side, SC Napoli, from Lille in the French Ligue 1. His meteoric rise from obscurity to fame is an epic–the stuff made for Hollywood. After impressive outings with Synergy Ultimate strikers and in the Lagos Junior League (LJL), Osimhen was on a higher pedestal when he topped strike for the Golden Eaglets class of 2015 that was crafted by Coach Emmanuel Amuneke along with the likes of Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze and Huelva midfielder Kelechi Nwakali. After some difficult start, the then frail-looking Osimhen started scoring g...