The Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) have hailed Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen after taking his Participant of the 12 months award again to his previous major college to rejoice with them, Soccernet.ng stories.
Final yr, Osimhen ended Nigeria’s lengthy look ahead to an indigenous participant to win the CAF Participant of the 12 months. The Tremendous Eagles striker had an incredible season with Napoli, registering 31 targets and 5 assists in 39 appearances throughout all competitions. His brilliance was key to their first Scudetto win in over 30 years and their first-ever semi-final end within the UEFA Champions League.
Nevertheless, since Osimhen gained the award in December final yr, he has by no means had any vacation, because the season simply ended final month.
However because the 25-year-old’s profession ended, he has been on a roll, having fun with the break to the fullest. And earlier this week, Osimhen returned to the Olusosun, Ojota, the group the place he grew up, simply as he did final yr.
The Napoli star posed with youngsters from his previous major college and allowed some pals to take photos wth his POTY award.
That act didn’t go unnoticed, as CAF have hailed him for his good gesture, calling him the “man of the folks”
This yr, it’s probably that Osimhen will relinquish has standing because the Participant of the 12 months as a result of he struggled at Napoli final season. Atalanta star Ademola Lookman looks like the favourite to win it for the time being.
