Luciano Spalletti, the manager of Napoli, has said that Victor Osimhen, the striker for the Super Eagles, has not yet fully recovered his fitness.

Remember that Napoli defeated Ajax 4-2 on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League and the Nigerian international was one of the goal scorers.

Osimhen made his return to the field in the UEFA Champions League match after missing more than a month due to injury.

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Spalletti stated that although the 23-year-old had flashes of his best during the game, he is not yet totally fit.

“Osimhen was often offside because he was so eager that he started the runs early,” Spalletti explained after the game.

“He is not yet in the right shape to help out his teammates, but we tried to keep the ball more in the second half and use Osimhen’s ability in the air for long balls.”

Osimhen has six goals this season in six games for the Partenopei in all competitions.

Osimhen, a Nigerian-born player, started his senior career in Germany in 2017 with VfL Wolfsburg.

After spending a season and a half with the team, he moved on loan to Charleroi in Belgium in 2018–19 before joining Lille in France.

Osimhen moved to Serie A team Napoli in 2020 for a club-record €70 million. In the 2021–22 season, he was named the Best Young Player in Serie A.

In 2015, Osimhen was given the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Boot award, which Nigeria won.

He participated in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and made his senior international debut in June 2017.