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Victor Osimhen gained the 2023 CAF Participant of the 12 months award, sweeping Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah and Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi to the facet.
Former Zamalek winger, Emmanuel Amuneke, has revealed how his former membership facet handed up the chance to signal Victor Osimhen again in 2015, Soccernet.ng stories.
Amuneke, 53, in his enjoying days, donned the colors of the Egyptian facet, Zamalek, earlier than shifting to Sporting Lisbon and Barcelona later in his profession.
After his retirement, he took over teaching duties with the Nigerian U-17 soccer workforce and led the workforce to a FIFA U-17 World Cup victory in Chile, in 2015.
In that event, Victor Osimhen gained the Golden Boot, scoring ten targets, alongside carting away the silver ball because the second-best participant of the event.
Whereas teaching him, Amuneke instructed the title of Victor Osimhen to Zamalek’s board, however in the end the membership neglected the participant, who moved to Europe, to affix Mario Gomez’s VFL Wolfsburg.
In an interview with MBC Masr, Amuneke revealed that he touted the companies of Osimhen to the Egyptian membership, however nothing concrete occurred.
“I don’t need to delve into many particulars in regards to the matter of providing Osimhen to Zamalek. Zamalek is at all times my membership, and I’ll do the identical each time I see an excellent participant. One of many issues we face in Africa is the shortage of braveness in giving alternatives to younger gamers,” the previous Barcelona participant mentioned.
Amuneke scored 9 targets in twenty-seven appearances for the Tremendous Eagles and at all times needs to place gifted African kids on the worldwide stage.
“We at all times search for the prepared participant in Africa, though the younger ones are the long run stars. I instructed Osimhen’s title to folks at Zamalek, and the reply was we’re going to watch him, however nothing occurred,” he added.
Osimhen went on to play for Wolfsburg earlier than shifting to Charleroi, LOSC Lille, and at last, Napoli the place he has change into a family title.
