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VICTOR OSIMHEN SIGNS FOR LILLE

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Victor Osimhen, the heir apparent to the Super Eagles’ centre forward position recently relinquished by Odion Ighalo, has finalized his transfer to French club, Lille.

The French club has reached an agreement with Belgian side, Charleroi. Osimhen who shot into international prominence at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup is undergoing medical at the French club that former Nigeria goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama played for.

The deal with Lille is proposed to be almost €20m

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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