Three Super Eagles star makes the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 30-man shortlist for the 2019 African Player of the Year award. The Africa football governing body on Sunday announced the nominees for the Africa’s prestigious award with Nigerian younger star, Victor Osimhen, with a surprise inclusion. Egyptian winger, Mohamed Salah, is joined by Percy … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho, is set to make a move for Lille striker, Victor Osimhen, after bringing in two coaches from the French club to London, Jeunes Footeux reports. Mourinho, this week replaced Mauricio Pochettino, signing a four-year deal. The Portuguese has already snapped up assistant coach Joao Sacramento and goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos … Read more
Nigeria and Lille’s striker Victor Osimhen has expressed his displeasure towards comparing him with former Nigerian forward, Odion ighalo. Osihmen, who was Man of the Match of Sunday’s AFCON 2021 qualifier between Lesotho and Nigeria in Maseru, has said that he wouldn’t like to be compared to the Golden boot winner of the 2019 Africa … Read more
Former U-17 World Cup winner, Victor Osimhen has said his ambition as Super Eagles striker is to break the Legendary Rashidi Yekini’s goal record. The in-form Lille striker says he wants to be remembered as one of the greatest strikers that ever played for the Super Eagles. The 20-year-old, who has scored two goals in … Read more
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen will be available for selection when Lille trade tackles with Olympique Marseille at the Orange Velodrome on Saturday. Lille manager Christopher Galtier revealed this at pre-match conference. Osimhen recovered from his abductor injury he picked up in Lille’s 3-0 home win against Bordeaux last weekend and was consequently replaced by … Read more
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen who was taken off in the 58th minute of Lille’s 3-0 win over Bordeaux on Saturday, October 26, said he is fine. The former Under-17 strike dismissed concern following fears that he has sustained an injury after limping off the pitch at the weekend. His substitution got everyone worried including … Read more
Lille striker, Victor Osimhen, has been named the French Ligue 1 Player of the Month for September 2019. The Super Eagles star, who joined Lille this summer from Sporting Charleroi, won 45% of the vote to finish ahead of Monaco’s Islam Slimani (37%) and Nantes’ Nicolas Pallois (18%). Osimhen was involved in four goals (2 … Read more
Barcelona are monitoring Victor Osimhen at Lille, with a view to making a move when the January window opens, AS reports. The LaLiga champions are looking to sign a long-term replacement for Luis Suarez, who turns 33 next year. Barcelona’s main target is Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez, but they are aware he’s also attracting interest … Read more
Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen has been nominated for French Ligue 1 player of the month for September. Osimhen made the shortlist that also has Algerian forward, Islam Slimani, who plays for Monaco and Nantes’ Nicolas Pallois. The 20-year-old scored two goals in four league appearances for Lille in September. He was on target in Lille … Read more
In-form Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen scored in Lille 2-2 draw against Nimes on Sunday as they missed the chance to go third in Ligue 1 table. The Nigeria international Osimhen, 20, who also scored in Lille’s 2-1 Champions League defeat to Chelsea midweek, struck the hosts’ leveller with 11 minutes remaining after a Renaud … Read more
It was spectacular night for the Nigeria duo, Victor Osimhen and Tammy Abraham after both were on target for their respective teams in the matchday of UEFA Champions League. Tammy Abraham, who yet to pledge his allegiance to Nigeria opened the scoring for Chelsea before another Nigerian, who is currently in top form for French … Read more
Victor Osimhen has been named the 3rd best signing in Europe at the summer following his great with Lille. The Nigeria international has scored six goals in seven Ligue 1 matches so far this season, taking Lille to 3rd position on the log. Read Also: In-Form Super Eagles’ Striker Osimhen Scores Again According to whoscored.com, Osimhen … Read more
In-form Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen found the back of the net again in Lille’s Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Strasbourg, setting the mark for the best start by any player in Lille’s history. The Nigeria international put Christophe Galtier’s men ahead in the 43rd minute before assisting Loic Remy who sealed the victory with his 64th-minute … Read more
Following his dazzling performances for Nigeria at the Under-17 World Cup in which he scored 10 goals at the back in 2015, there is a reason young Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen, feels his senior career is just about to begin. The 20-year-old who was part of the Super Eagles squad to the just-ended AFCON tournament … Read more