Former Tremendous Eagles stars praised Napoli striker Victor Osimhen after he turned Nigeria’s all-time main goalscorer in Italian Serie A.

Interviewees embody Sunday Oliseh, Emmanuel Amuneke and Daniel Amokachi.

Osimhen, who helped Partenopei to a 2-0 win over Empoli on Tuesday, extending Napoli’s result in 10 factors, has essentially the most objectives in Serie A to date with eight objectives in 10 video games.

Praising the striker after his spectacular begin to the season, former Eagles supervisor Sunday Oliseh says his kind on the membership makes him optimistic the Eagles will fly once more.

“Osimhen makes me really feel very optimistic concerning the resurgence of the Tremendous Eagles. He is stuffed with tempo, energy, precision and self-confidence,” mentioned Oliseh.

“He’s the closest striker to the late Rashidi Yekini that I’ve seen in latest instances.”

Former Eagles assistant coach Emmanuel Amuneke, in the meantime, admitted the Napoli striker has develop into an essential participant for each membership and nation following his meteoric rise.

Amuneke tutored Osimhen on the 2015 Below-17 World Cup in Chile, the place he completed because the report prime scorer with 10 objectives to draw the curiosity of a number of prime European golf equipment, earlier than he finally signed for Bundesliga facet Wolfsburg.

After two seasons in Belgium with Sporting Charleroi and Lille in France, Osimhen joined Napoli on a five-year cope with an possibility for an additional yr in 2020, and has develop into Nigeria’s all-time main goalscorer within the Serie A. To Italian with 32 objectives.

“It’s now the way forward for Nigerian soccer,” Amuneke mentioned.

“Yekini is incomparable to any striker however Osimhen is near him.”

Nonetheless, Amuneke cautioned that having “world class” Osimhen within the Eagles was not sufficient for the group.

“For Nigeria to attain something vital, we want a robust group, which isn’t simply two or three gamers.

“We’d like the perfect gamers in all departments, in addition to these on the bench. That approach, at any given time, anybody can play.”

Former Eagles coach Daniel Amokachi additionally expressed confidence that if he stays match, Osimhen will enhance.

“Everyone knows he is a high quality participant, there isn’t any doubt about that,” Amokachi mentioned.

“He’s a quantity 9 that any membership would like to have of their group. The longer term is in his arms and with out harm he’ll proceed to fly”.

Osimhen, 23, made his Eagles debut in 2017 and performed 23 video games, scoring 15 objectives.

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