Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed Napoli’s star player Victor Osimhen for his showmanship in the Serie A league.
Osimhen’s performance has received praises all over the world for by football pundits and fans.
The lastest to congratulations him for winning the Series A title for Napoli since 33 years ago is Bola Tinubu.
On his Twitter page on Sunday afternoon, the president-elect wrote:
“I think we can all agree that there was another coronation in Italy where our son, Victor Osimhen, claimed the crown as the new King of Serie A!”.
“The real deal, or idán gangan as younger folks may describe him; Victor has continued the fine tradition of Nigeria’s footballing excellence on the global stage”.
“We are all proud of him and wish him well in what is already a remarkable career”, he added.
Back in 1990, Gli Azzurri’s top scorer was a certain Diego Maradona who managed 16 goals in 28 Serie A appearances, putting him third on the list for the league that season.
Osimhen, who plays his football in a stadium now named after Maradona, has easily eclipsed that, notching 22 goals in 27 games, including the vital strike that clinched the title in a 1-1 draw with Udinese. He currently leads the Serie A scoring chart, three ahead of his nearest rival, Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan.
He also contributed five Champions League goals, before Napoli were knocked out in the quarter-finals by AC Milan.
‘Goals win games’ is the well-worn phrase in football – and there is no doubt Osimhen’s goals have caught the attention. Having joined Napoli in July 2020 for a fee of around €81m, a record for an African player, daily transfer rumours now link him with all of Europe’s biggest clubs for even bigger fees.
He is only 24-year-old.
