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Osimhen: How brewing upheaval at Napoli could affect forward in 2021/22

The Nigeria star’s recent upswing in Naples could be unsettled by possible changes in the dugout and to key personnel

It’s been an eventful year for Victor Osimhen, having made the move from Lille to Napoli to become the Naples club’s most expensive signing and indeed Nigeria’s costliest.

While the excitement looked to fizzle out after his bright start, the turnaround in performances since March has been marked.

The forward deserves credit for the reversal in fortunes after a troubled time in which a dislocated shoulder sustained on Super Eagles duty in November and contracting coronavirus in the New Year threatened to dismiss his first year as disappointing.