The former Lille lad has been named in the Nigerian squad for the continental showpiece, which begins in less than two weeks
But the latest medical update on Nigeria’s leading striker will not be good news to the forward and many fans who desire to see him star at the Afcon
Professor Gianpaolo Tartaro has suggested that it is unlikely that Napoli striker Victor Osimhen will kick a ball in Cameroon even if he joins the Nigerian team to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations next month.
Tartaro is the surgeon who operated on Victor Osimhen’s face in November after the 22-year-old suffered multiple facial fractures during a clash of heads with an Inter Milan player in a Serie A tie.
At the end of the complicated but successful operation, the ex-Wolfsburg signing was ruled out of action for three months to heal his wounds fully.
Osimhen remarkably returned to individual training a few weeks after his surgery and was included in Nigeria’s 28-man Afcon squad list on Christmas eve.
The 2015 U-17 World Cup winner is presently in Nigeria for the holidays. Still, he is scheduled for a medical checkup in Naples on Friday to ascertain the extent of his healing via a computerized tomography (CT) scan.
And Doctor Tartaro, who will oversee the checkup, insists that he expects Osimhen to stay away from a football pitch for at least another month unless a miracle happens during the festive season.
“For the formation of the callus bone, according to world protocols, it takes from sixty to ninety days. Unless a biological miracle,” the plastic surgeon told Corriere Dello Sport, as per Tutto Napoli.
“If he does not do the CT scan, we will not be able to dissolve the prognosis. Reduced fractures must consolidate: I repeat, for the formation of the callus, you have to wait two or three months unless a Christmas biological miracle: but biology is not a fan.”
Osimhen was a fringe member of the Super Eagles squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Afcon, where Odion Ighalo emerged as the top goalscorer with five goals.
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Hmmm
I advise him to allow the wound to heal properly. I think the fatherly figures in the nff should step here and manage his emotions.
What is the use of face masks when Peter Cech got injured in Chelsea why did he not wait till he was properly hhealed before returning to feild, and see if he would ever keep again. we all saw how long he wore the mask almost till his retirement before he was able to removed the mask, when it come to African our own is different. They should give Osimhen proper face mask and allow him to play football and leave all the pranks they are playing.
Osimeh should not rush back to the field to play football. He should complete his Healing process for his FOOTBALL CAREER SAKE. MANY AFCON TORNAMENTS ARE AHEAD OF HIS FOOTBALL CAREER.
PLEASE DON'T BE IN A HURRY. EASY DOES IT.