FOOTBALL: Nigerian forward lights up Europe

Emmanuel Alfred

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen was in fire during the weekend as he bagged goals in the league.

Osimhen, who is the leading poacher in the Italian Serie A grabbed an impressive brace against Spezia to hand league leaders Napoli an emphatic 3-0 win.

The forward who has courted a lot of interest from Clubs like Manchester United has scored an incredible 16 goals with 4 assists in the current league season.

The 24 years old has surpassed his last record in Serie A, with a total of 16 goals at the moment.

The former LOSC Lille striker, netted the first and second goals, as at 68th and 74th minutes of the game, before been substituted in the 82nd minute.

The second highest goalscorer so far in the Serie A is Ademola Lookman who has 12 goals this season