Victor Osimhen is already enjoying it. This is what we titled after the Nigerian’s good debut in Serie A with Napoli. The former Lille had certainly waited for the 4th day to score, but his offensive impact during the previous days had been noticed and his trainer Gennaro Gattuso was already seduced by his new pearl. Everything was going well for the 22-year-old striker, recruited for more than € 70 million. Until the beginning of November and an injury occurred with his national team.
Victor Osimhen has not played with Napoli since November 8, and he is blocked in 8 games played for 2 goals scored. Above all, he created controversy by being tested positive for the coronavirus on January 1, back in Italy after spending a holiday at his home in Nigeria. It was there that he celebrated his birthday, at the end of December, without respecting the sanitary instructions. Yesterday, he was diagnosed again positive, and must therefore wait another week before claiming a return to the workforce.
An impact on the transfer window
Times are hard for the former Lille, which also impacts the transfer window of his team. Thus, Gattuso refuses to let Fernando Llorente, 35 years old and confined to a replacement role (3 appearances in Serie A this season), go as long as Osimhen is unavailable. And it also spills over into the situation of Arkadiusz Milik, the Pole notably followed by Olympique de Marseille.
Although not included in the list of players selected for Serie A and the Europa League, Milik is not exaggeratedly pushed towards the exit, since the management of Naples remains for the moment uncompromising on the sum of 15 M € claimed from the different courtiers. The only change is that the fixed amount of a transfer has been revised downwards … Osimhen’s return is therefore impatiently awaited to unblock the situation.
