Napoli striker Victor Osimhen will miss Nigeria’s upcoming qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup after choosing up an harm within the closing levels of the 2023-24 Serie A season.
Osimhen dominated out once more
The Partenopei main goalscorer took half within the membership’s remaining league recreation of the season, a 0-0 draw with Lecce, showing as a second half substitute to exchange Jens Cajuste. He had missed the earlier league outing, a 2-2 draw with Fiorentina because of muscular fatigue.
He has, nonetheless, picked up an harm situation since then, as confirmed by the Nigeria Tremendous Eagles on Tuesday, though the exact nature of the set-back has not been confirmed.
It has been revealed that Osimhen will stay out of motion for a interval of 4 weeks.
Enugu Rangers defender Kenneth Igboke has been known as up in his absence.
There’ll, nonetheless, nonetheless be two Serie A representatives within the upcoming Nigeria squad, as Atalanta’s Europa League hat-trick scorer Ademola Lookman is out there, as is Milan ahead Samuel Chukwueze.
Camp replace: Africa Participant of the Yr, Victor Osimhen is injured and out for 4 weeks. Tremendous Eagles’ Coach Finidi George has known as up Enugu Rangers’ left again Kenneth Igboke for the WC qualifiers towards South Africa and Benin Rep. #soarsupereagles pic.twitter.com/uEGaYBoG1n
— 🇳🇬 Tremendous Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) May 28, 2024
