Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen despatched a heartfelt congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman earlier than he was named because the 2024 CAF Participant of the 12 months on Monday, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Lookman adopted Osimhen’s footsteps on Monday by successful the CAF Participant of the 12 months Award. Following his feat, many Tremendous Eagles stars took to social media to congratulate him.
Gamers like William Troost-Ekong, Frank Onyeka, Victor Boniface, and plenty of others shared footage of the Atalanta star with good captions.
Nonetheless, Osimhen has been fairly silent since Lookman received the award. The one posts on his social media web page are from Galatasaray’s recreation towards Trabzonspor on Monday.
However in a brand new growth, a video the place the 25-year-old despatched Lookman a congratulatory message earlier than the ceremony has emerged. Osimhen, who received the award final 12 months, had good phrases for the Atalanta star and urged him to get pleasure from his win.
“Lookman is aware of my ideas in the direction of him, I spoke with him in individual, and naturally, he’s clear favourite to win it,” Osimhen stated, per Oga Nla Media.
“I advised him to get pleasure from it together with his household as a result of I understand how he struggled to get to the place he’s. Will probably be a giant second.
“Will probably be an awesome one for him being named the African footballer of the 12 months. Positively a reward for hardwork and scrumptious for what you’ve finished within the season.
“He has impressed us, he has actually put us on the map, he has given us some bragging rights, figuring out absolutely effectively that he’s from Nigeria. For me, he actually deserves this second, I already congratulated him few months again.”
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Victor Osimhen message to @Alookman_ and his needs as Lookman emerged because the winner of the #CAFAwards2024 African Footballer of the 12 months.
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Lookman has a robust relationship with Osimhen. He beforehand said that the Galatasaray man speaks Yoruba with him at any time when they’re on worldwide responsibility for Nigeria.