Naples (© 2023 Afriquinfos)- Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen’s performances in Serie A are worth their weight in gold. Naples, to keep the prolific striker in its ranks, wants to shield him and make him the highest paid player in the Italian championship.
Intractable in Serie A this season, Victor Osimhen stacks the goals. At 24, the Super Eagle is in top form. Like the Neapolitan club, which prances at the top of the Italian championship. Since the start of the 2022-2023 financial year, he has already found the net 13 times for four assists in 17 games in all competitions. Performances that make him a very courted man. The leaders of Naples do not stop repelling the advances of big teams in Europe, especially in the Premier League.
If the player is under contract until 2025, Napoli don’t want to take any risks. Already paid up to 5,450,000 euros per year, making him one of the highest paid players in Serie A, his salary should increase to 6.16 million pounds sterling. He would thus become the highest paid African player in the world.
Napoli have priced their striker at 140 million euros. Victor Osimhen has also become the top African scorer in the history of Serie A. He erases from the shelves the record once held by legend George Weah. The former Lille player has indeed scored 10 goals in 24 games in 2020-21. For the 2021-2022 season, he finished the championship with 14 goals in 27 games. And here he is already at 13 pawns in 17 games for this new campaign. Only the Ballon d’Or 1995 had achieved such a feat with AC Milan (11, 13 and 10 goals between 1995-1998).
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