Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has completed a club-record sale from Sporting Charleroi to French side Lille after putting pen to paper on a five-year deal.
The former Wolfsburg of Germany player completed his medicals upon arrival in France on Wednesday night before sealing the deal few a hours ago with Charleroi set to have received a club-record €12 million which could rise to around €20 million with further add-ons.
The Nigerian becomes the club’s 8th signing of the season with Head Coach Christophe Galtier excited to work with the young forward who his expected to take the number 7 shirt as Rafael Leao is expected to leave in the coming days.
The 20-year-old shot to prominence in 2015 after leading Nigeria to the FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy where he scored 10 goals in 7 matches to win the golden boot.
That performance earned him a move to German side Wolfsburg in 2017 before he then joined Sporting Charleroi last summer where he scored 22 goals in 42 games, forcing the club to break the bank to sign him on a permanent basis.
Flying Eagles: I want to continue from where I stopped – Makanjuola
Flying Eagles winger Success Makanjuola has declared that he wants to continue with his exploits at the last FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.
Makanjuola was one of the few shining lights of the Paul Aigbogun tutored side at the tournament despite the not too impressive performance of the whole team that saw them crash out in the second round of the competition.
He told AOIFootball.com from the camp of the Flying Eagles who are preparing for the All African Games that he wants to continue working hard to maintain his standard and even do better.
“I want to continue from where I stopped at the last World Cup. We did all we could at that tournament but we didn’t go past the second round and it was a shame but I have made up my mind that I must maintain and even improve on my play because this is another chance to prove my doubters wrong,” he posited.
The Water FC of Abuja player further expressed confidence in the ability of the team ahead of the All Africa Games which has five players that were dropped from the world cup squad to impress.
“I know this team we have now, they are capable of making Nigerians proud. Even the last team, we just lacked one or two things and I think the coaches have figured it out and now they have put it into place. I know this team, we are going to make Nigerians proud,” Makanjuola concluded.
The Flying Eagles will take this as a second chance to repair their battered image following a disappointing World Cup
