Lille coach Christophe Galtier has admitted that Victor Osimhen is the club’s biggest threat in attack in Ligue 1, Sports Extra reports.
Osimhen scored his seventh Ligue 1 goal for Lille in their 2-2 draw at home to Nimes on Sunday to take his tally to eight in 11 games across all competitions.

Galtier feels the competition created for places in the team has forced Osimhen to take his game to the next level and the threat of Loic Remy taking his role has pushed him on.

“He’s a threat in attack and unstoppable when in the box and most times a reason why we are solid this season,” Galtier told a post-match interview.

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AC MILAN TO SACK COACH GIAMPAOLO

AC Milan is set to sack coach Marco Giampaolo after a dreadful start to the season, according to multiple reports in Italy on Tuesday.


The former European giants are 13th in Serie A — three points above the relegation zone.

Giampaolo, 52, replaced Gennaro Gattuso during the summer, but the former Sampdoria boss has suffered four defeats in his first seven games, including a 2-0 loss to city rivals Inter.

Milan went on to lose their next two matches against Torino and Fiorentina before last weekend’s 2-1 victory at Genoa.

Former Inter Milan coach Luciano Spalletti is the 18-time Italian champions’ first choice to replace Giampaolo, according to Gazzetta Dello Sport and Sky Sport Italia.

However, the 60-year-old has not been able to agree on severance terms with Inter, who he guided back to the Champions League the past two seasons, and remains under contract until 2021, despite being replaced by Antonio Conte.

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DJOKOVIC HEAPS PRAISE ON ‘VERY COMPLETE’ MEDVEDEV

World number one Novak Djokovic hailed Daniil Medvedev as a “very complete player” on Tuesday, having lost to the young Russian in their last two matches.

The 23-year-old Medvedev is at a career-high fourth in the world and reached the final at the US Open, only to be on the end of an agonising five-set loss to Rafael Nadal.

Medvedev has won three titles this year including beating Djokovic on the way to claiming victory at the Masters in Cincinnati in August.

“The last several months he’s been playing the tennis of his life,” Djokovic said at the Shanghai Masters, where he is the defending champion.

“He’s played finals at least in every event in the last whatever, five, six events, which is amazing.”

The 32-year-old from Serbia, who could again face Medvedev in the Shanghai semi-finals, said it was hard to find a weakness in the Russian’s game.

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