The chances of Victor Osimhen playing for the senior national team of Nigeria when they take on Guinea Bissau in back to back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers games is slim, OGN can exclusively reveal.
Osimhen is yet to hit the camp of the team as at the time of this report and with just two days to the first of the two games against Guinea Bissau, a reason for the absence of the 21 goal striker has been provided.
According to reports in Italy, his Serie A team Napoli are insisting that he must undergo a scan to check the severity of the knock he picked up against Torino last weekend in the Serie A, a game which he scored a brace.
Napoli say they will only allow him to honour the call if there is no major issue but will stop him from playing for Nigeria, if there is a chance that no matter how slight, the injury might aggravate playing in both games for Nigeria.
We gathered the technical crew of the team have been briefed but Osimhen is pushing to make the game at all cost. Once again proving his commitment to the team but he might be forced into accepting whatever advice he gets after the scan.
Daniel Martins
