Nigeria Brings Bad News To Napoli About Osimhen

Napoli player, Victor Osimhen. (Photo: Twitter/@en_sscnapoli)

JAKARTA - Napoli received bad news regarding the condition of their mainstay player, Victor Osimhen. The goal thirst striker was reportedly injured.

Osimhen suffered a rear thigh muscle injury. He got this injury while defending the Nigerian national team in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia last Friday.

He left the field in the 55th minute of last Friday's match, which ended in a 2-2 draw.

It is not known for sure how severe the player's injury was. However, the striker who became the hunt for the big European club certainly could not defend Nigeria against Mozambique.

Reported by AFP, Osimhen has left the Nigerian national team training camp. He returned to Napoli for treatment.

Not only Osimhen, another Nigerian striker, Kelechi Iheanacho also left the training camp. However, he left for personal reasons.

"We will lose Kelechi and Victor, but we have other good players who will make Nigeria proud," Nigerian national team coach Jose Peseiro said.

"I looked at the benches of the substitutes and I saw players who could get up and take advantage of their chances," he added.

Terem Moffi (Nice) and Sadiq Umar (Real Sociedad) are expected to fill the position in the first team in a friendly against Mozambique. In the match against Saudi Arabia, the two players were only substitutes.