Victor Osimhen arrived in Napoli a little over a year ago for just above 80 million USD and became one of the ten highest paid players in the history of Serie A.During the first season – the invested money did not match up to his performances, although with ten goals and three assists in 24 matches, his debut episode in Italian football cannot be necessarily labeled as bad. At the start of the current campaign, he is the most lethal Napoli footballer with seven goals and an assist in eight games, and so far he is one of the most deserving that the Neapolitans are the leaders of Serie A and that they are considered to be a serious candidate for the “Scudetto”.Huge appetite but no money – Barca to sell Dembele and buy KessieStories about players for whom football was a way to escape from poverty are not rare and Victor Osimhen’s story fits the mold. Nigerian striker started from the bottom, literally.”I cleaned the gutters in Nigeria and I am proud of the fact that I succeeded. It all started as a dream, a boy’s dream from a slum,” said the 22-year-old.Being known as the highest paid African football player of all time is no small thing. And as a kid, he looked up to some of his compatriots, but also one of the greatest African football players of all time.”I wanted to become a professional footballer, and I was inspired by legends like Didier Drogba, Odion Ighalo, John Obi Mikel … Becoming a professional is my life’s achievement.”Sun, 17/10, 19.00: (1.45) NAPOLI (4.50) TORINO (8.50)A Latin proverb says that the road to success is covered in thorns and it can adequately depict the fate of this young man from Lagos.”When I was growing up, I cleaned gutters for my landlord for less than one euro, and in the neighborhood I did other jobs that involved cleaning and taking water from wells. I found satisfaction in that kind of work because I was aware that it would help.”My brother was selling newspapers, my sister was selling oranges. I was driving cars through traffic to sell them bottles of water and make money. I feel that kind of struggle has strengthen me and helped me in life,” said Osimhen.Osimhen is the next Drogba.pic.twitter.com/6sXhVIlRZ7— Malte (@CFCMalte) September 23, 2021 In 2017, Osimhen became a member of Wolfsburg, who snatched him from a football academy in Nigeria. As a teenager, he did not get well in the Bundesliga, but the goal-scoring productive years in the Belgian team of Charleroi followed, and then in Lille, from which he moved to the south of Italy.His contract with Napoli expires in 2025, but it seems that the Nigerian is only gaining momentum. He wants to bring the Neapolitans the joy they last felt in 1990 with Diego Armando Maradona, who brought them their second Serie A title.
