After bursting onto the scene as a precocious teenager at the under – 17 World Cup, held in Chile 2015, Victor Osimhen’s stocks continue to rise!
The player, regarded as one of the hottest prospects in world football, following a breakthrough season with French ligue 1 side Losc Lille scoring 7 goals in his first 9 games, signed as a direct replacement for Nicolas Pepe after joining English club Arsenal.
Osimhen has won over the fans at his new club with some breath taking performances, a player blessed with blistering pace as well as an uncanny ability to convert chances into goals.
He has cast down every shadow of doubt regarding his ability to perform at the biggest stage in world football.
He recently scored two well-taken goals for the Nigerian national team, against the crocodiles of Lesotho, further staking his claim as one of the brightest players of this generation to emerge out of the African continent.
In the coming years his teeming fans, and the African continent expects him to fully reach the greatest heights of world football.
Packaged by Olukayode Rowland
