Napoli striker Victor Osimhen has expressed the Super Eagles readiness to challenge for the title at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Cote d’Ivoire will host the 34th edition of the AFCON from January 13 to February 11, 2024.

The Super Eagles are among the 23 countries that will bid to wrestle the title from holders Terangha Lions of Senegal.

Jose Peseiro’s side will be going for a fourth title in Cote d’Ivoire having won the trophy three times in the past.

Osimhen, who was crowned Men’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2023 on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco is optimistic the Super Eagles can beat other teams to the title.

“We are ready and preparing very well,” Osimhen told CAF Media.

“The squad is in high spirits. We are raring to go and hope that we shall do well there.”

The Super Eagles are drawn in Group A with Cote d’Ivoire with Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.

They will face fellow West Africans Equatorial Guinea in their first game at the Alhassan Quattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan on January 14.