Former Super Eagles left back Celestine Babayaro says Napoli’s new boy Victor Osimhen is not at same level with Leicester City Kelechi Iheanacho when it comes to goals scoring.
While speaking on the luxury of having both strikers , Babayaro said the duo are both different type of players who can play at the same time pending on the style
the coach wants to play.
Iheanacho was the first choice striker of the Super Eagles in the early days of Rohr as coach but a massive dip in form saw him miss out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with Victor Osimhen, Odion Ighalo and Paul Onuachu getting the nod as strikers for the tournament.
The retirement of Ighalo saw Rohr settle for Osimhen as top striker but Iheanacho’s return to form at Leicester City could mean a recall for the striker which will ignite a battle for the top striker’s position although Iheanacho can play behind the striker .
“ I will go for Iheanacho when you talking about taking chances. He is more clinically than Osimhen. The one thing I like about Osimhen is that he hardly give defenders the chance to rest. He is always pressing them to make mistakes and his hold up play has improved greatly”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com.
“ Osimhen’s style makes him more deadly. He is like Jamie Vardy at Leicester City they chase everything in sight. Ironically Vardy plays with Iheanacho at Leicester City so that too can happen with Osimhen in the national team if the coach deems it fit to play a two man attack”.
Ade Emmanuel
