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AFCON: We have plan to stop Osimhen – Tanzania coach
Tanzania head coach, Manuel Gomandi, says his team has mapped out a strategy to contain Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 clash with Nigeria. Gomandi spoke at a press conference on the eve of the Group C encounter, admitting that while stopping Osimhen is a priority, Nigeria’s […]
Osimhen’s acrobatic strike wins Turkish League goal of the season
Victor Osimhen has won the award for the best goal in the Turkish Super Lig for the 2024/25 season. The prize goes to Osimhen for a spectacular overhead goal for Galatasaray in the stoppage time of a 3-0 victory over Antalyaspor in October 2024. The 26-year-old striker was named the winner of the award in […]
Osimhen Out, Lookman In As Nigeria Name Squad For AFCON Qualifiers (FULL LIST)
Victor Osimhen has been left out of Nigeria’s squad for the doubleheader 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Libya. In the list released on Saturday, Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen omitted Osimhen due to injury concerns but named in-form Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman in the 23-man squad. The list contains regulars like skipper William […]
Osimhen Fires Back at Finidi Over Claims of Non-Commitment to Super Eagles
Victor Osimhen has fired back at comments allegedly from ex-Super Eagles head coach George Finidi questioning his commitment to national team assignment. The Napoli star man missed Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup qualification games against South Africa and Benin Republic owing to injury concerns. Following the Super Eagles’ lacklustre showing in the matches – one draw […]
Transfer: Napoli reject Chelsea’s offer for Osimhen
Napoli have reportedly rejected an offer from Chelsea for Victor Osimhen. The offer include a player, in the person of Romelu Lukaku, plus cash. II Matino via Napoli Magazine, reports that the Blues tried to persuade Napoli to part ways with their star striker. But the Italian champions rejected the offer and now the Blues […]
Osimhen highest-paid player in Serie A
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, is the highest-paid footballer in Serie A with his recent Napoli contract and bonuses seeing him rise above Juventus forward in the Italian topflight earnings chart. Osimhen, who joined Napoli from Lille in 2020, signed a new contract in December that earns him a monthly salary of £1.29m, almost doubling […]
Osimhen ranked 16th highest-paid player in Europe
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has been ranked as the 16th highest-paid footballer in Europe. This was revealed in a list published by L’Equipe on Monday. Osimhen, who joined Napoli from Lille in 2020, earns a monthly salary of €1.50m (£1.29m). Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe, is the best-paid player with an eye watering monthly […]
AFCON: Nwabali, Osimhen, Lookman included in Super Eagles’ starting XI against Angola
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali will be between the sticks when Nigeria faces Angola in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, quarter-final tie on Friday evening. Recall that The Chippa United keeper was a major doubt after he sustained a knee injury during Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Cameroon in the round of 16 clash […]
Osimhen will quit Napoli in summer — Official
Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen will leave Napoli this summer and join “either Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain or an English club”. The Italian club’s president and owner Aurelio De Laurentiis disclosed this on Friday. De Laurentiis was responding to an interview that Osimhen, who is with Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations, gave to American […]
Chelsea To Pay £103m Victor Osimhen Release Clause
Chelsea have reportedly indicated that they are prepared to pay the €120m (£103.3m) release clause in the contract of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen this summer. On the back of taking home the Capocannoniere as the top scorer in Napoli’s triumphant 2022-23 Serie A season, the Super Eagles striker was persistently linked with an exit from […]