Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has risen to become the third most valuable center-forward in the latest Serie A ranking after highly rated stats firm Transfermarkt updated their database.
Osimhen’s market value is pegged at €50 million, which leaves him in joint-third with Juventus ace Paolo Dybala.
The former VfL Wolfsburg star costs Napoli a club-record transfer fee in excess of €70 million when switching Lille for Naples last summer.
Top on the Serie A most valuable striker’s ranking is Inter Milan’s talisman, Romelu Lukaku, with the 28-year-old valued at €100 million. The former Chelsea man is followed closely by club-mate Lautaro Martinez, who has an €80 million prize tag.
Lukaku’s 24 goals and Martinez 17 goals powered Inter Milan to the 2020/21 league title.
The Juventus duo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata occupy the joint-fifth position with a valuation of €45 million. Ronaldo finished as the top scorer in Serie A with 29 goals.
Osimhen, 22, is the youngest player in the top five, with a brilliant second season at Napoli likely to shoot the Nigerian’s economic value even higher.
The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning striker scored ten goals in 24 league games for Napoli despite missing about three months of football due to injury and coronavirus-related problems.
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