Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen will be on the sidelines for about a month according to Dr. Matteo Vitali.
Vitali is an orthopedic doctor at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit of the San Raffaele Hospital in the Italian city of Milan.
Osimhen missed the Nigeria’s recent friendly match against Mozambique after sustaining an injury in the game against Saudi Arabia.
“I haven’t seen Osimhen, his injury is very common in athletes. Ibra also had the same problem with a medium-grade lesion of the femoral biceps of the right thigh,” Vitali said on Tutto Napoli.
“Usually the protocol is quite standard, a minimum of twenty days of rest is needed with therapies aimed at mitigating the tissue lesion, then the injury must be evaluated during the course.
“After the 20-day period of therapy and rest, it will finally be possible to return to the field to train separately and then with the group,” he continued. “With the return to training, more or less another ten days pass until we see him again in an official match.”
Osimhen remains a key player for Napoli having scored six goals from 10 competitive matches in the current season.
The former Lille player is expected to miss Serie A champions league fixtures against Hellas Verona and AC Milan as well as the UEFA Champions League clash against AC Milan.
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