Victor Osimhen Seals Napoli Switch From Lille

Nigeria youngster Victor Osimhen has moved to Napoli from Lille on a permanent transfer, the Serie A club said on Friday.

The 21-year-old had a medical with the Blues on 18^th July but a fee has yet to be announced.

A statement on the AC Milan official website read: “SC Napoli are delighted to announce the signing of Victor Osimhen from Lille on a permanent transfer.”

The striker joined Lille from Belgian side Charleroi for a fee reported to be 14 million euros ($15.5 million).

Osimhen scored 18 goals and provided six assists in 38 appearances across all competitions, winning the club’s Player of the Season award and the Marc Vivien Foe best Ligue African Player prize in the process.

The promising attacker came through the youth ranks at Ultimate Strikers Academy in Lagos and turned professional shortly after his 18th birthday when he joined Wolfsburg.

He spent the 2017/18 season in Germany before moving to Charleroi on loan the following year. He was an instant success in the Jupiler Pro League, netting 20 goals in 36 appearances.

Lille snapped him up in the summer of 2019 and he went on to play 38 times for the French side, bagging 18 goals in the process.

Osimhen helped Nigeria win the U-17 World Cup in 2015, when he finished as the tournament’s top scorer with 10 goals. He made his full Nigeria debut in June 2017 and so far has 10 caps and four goals to his name.

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