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Napoli, Gattuso and Italian journalist might be seething at Osimhen’s carelessness that lead to him contracting Covid-19, but he very likely will not turn out for the Azzurris anytime before February and this is not down to the virus.

Osimhen’s shoulder injury has suffered a relapse with the 22-year-old still feeling pains in his arms.

Reliable Italian papers, Sky Italia, Corriere del Mezzogiorno and Il Mattino expect Osimhen to be back within 20-30 days.

On Monday, Napoli released a statement which said,

“The molecular nasal pharyngeal swab carried out this morning on the footballer Victor Osimhen gave a positive result for COVID-19.

“The player will repeat the test this week.”

This means that if he were to recover from the virus this week, he will still not be fit enough to feature this month, which means he will miss Napoli’s SuperCup showdown with Juventus.

Professor Raffaele Russo, an orthopedist and shoulder specialist, spoke of the seriousness of Osimhen’s injury to Radio Punto Nuovo,

"I read that Osimhen had a dislocation with neurological involvement. Statistically, a young person with this type of injury does not recover for 3 to 3½ months, after which rehabilitation must be done. Season over for Osimhen? I took as a reference what I read from the newspapers, Professor Canonico reported that it is not a simple dislocation, so I took the liberty of saying what I said.

“Referring to the experience I have, there was damage to the axillary nerve, so it will take 60-90 days for the nerve to recover and then there is rehabilitation. With a high-level sportsman who has a dislocation that affects only the bone level, surgical treatment could be done as an alternative. Statistically, after a first dislocation, there can be a return of this kind in 45-50% of cases. Years ago, Buffon, had a traumatic dislocation, was operated on and still plays. We should have some more precise information to understand the real extent of the problem. As a fan, I look to Osimhen like a godsend."

Osimhen has been out since November 14, which marks 59 days today, implying that he should be out until the middle of February.

CrescentMoon:
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West Brom have made a proposal to Bordeaux to sign striker Josh Maja, according to Clive Hetherington, writing in The Sunday Mirror.

The baggies have struggled badly in front of goal since earning promotion to the top-flight, scoring 11 goals in 17 appearances with their highest goal scorer being Conor Gallagher and Callum Robinson with two goals each.

This deficiency have had them languishing in 19th place, forcing them to fire Slaven Bilic and hire relegation-specialist Sam Allardyce.

And the ex-England manager has tried to solve his club's hoodoo in front of goal by recruiting Maja who he coached during his time at Sunderland where he made a name for himself with 15 goals in 17 appearances.

Josh Maja's inconsistencies have seen him in and out of the Bordeaux squad as he has scored 2 goals in 17 games, failing to net in any of his last 10 games.

The Sunday mirror states that "Maja is subject of a West Brom enquiry." 

They are interested in an initial loan deal with an option to make it permanent if they survive relegation at the end of the season.

Nigerian forward, Emmanuel Dennis, has plummeted from grace since his Champions League heroics against Real Madrid in 2019 when he scored two and assisted another in two fixtures against the Galacticos.

He then further enhanced his reputation when he scored to hold Manchester United in the Europa League in February 2020. This rich vein of form catapulted his market value on Transfermarkt to €17 million, the second highest in the Belgian division.

Following this, he requested a move from Brugge in search of a “new challenge” at higher level but it was his ignoble attitude on and off the pitch that sabotaged his career.

On the pitch, he was accused of sulking, not exerting himself and not playing with the team. Off-field, he was indicted of selecting games to play as well as influencing the squad negatively.

Former Club Brugge assistant coach, Rudi Cossey, who has worked with Dennis, described him as “erratic and difficult to manage”.

He had numerous suitors in the summer of 2020including Napoli, Bayer Leverkusen, Sheffield United, Leeds, Inter Milan and Atalanta, but all were out off by Brugge’s heavy price tag of over €25million.

After being given time to trash out a deal, in the excuse of injury, he failed to transact any positive contract with any of the aforementioned clubs.

Brugge who had axed him from their squad had to reintegrate him back to save his market value. It has been a downward spiral since, as the 23-year-old has scored only 1 goal in 13 games in all competitions this campaign.

He has missed 11 of Club Brugge’s 20league games this season, failing to feature in the last 5.

On Transfermarkt, the player has lost €6 million in valuation with the Blue-Blacks also conceding defeat in their attempt to pocket €25million from his sale, and have dropped his transfer value to just €8 million.

This discount doesn’t seem to have attracted suitors as only Germany’s Herta Berlin and China’s Shangai SIPG have shown concrete interest, but Dennis is not keen on leaving Europe.

Herta are expected to make a bid in the coming days and Brugge coach, Philippe Clement have ruled the player with another injury, a toe inflammation, suggesting he might never play again for Club.

“Dennis had a problem with his toe during his vacation. It was visibly inflamed, which prevents him from kicking a ball,” said Clement

“Whether we will see him again? We will have to wait and see. As long as he is here, we will try to get the most out of him. We will see if there is a bid that will satisfy both he and Club Brugge.”

Siberia01:
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andrewbaba44:
What huge fortune ?

Yes he has been comming good recently

He was purchased for 110 and he can’t be sold for more than 150 if he continues his current good form and I don’t see 40 million gain as a huge fortune

Victor Osimhen has recovered from the lengthy 2-month shoulder injury he sustained while on international duty with Nigeria, according to Italian newspaper, Repubblica via ilnapolista.it.

Osimhen appeared to be worming his way into the team and into form, scoring 2 goals and providing 1 assist in his last 5 games before the injury.

The 21-year-old's injury setback had seen him miss six important Serie A games and four Europa League matches.

Osimhen who turns 22 in five days time is expected to return from Belgium, along with Dries Mertens, where they have been undergoing rehabilitation.

The striker will then be available for team training on Tuesday, 29 December, ahead of his team's visit to Cagiliari on January, 3 2021.

His return will no doubt prove a massive boost to the Azzurris who have won just 1 point from their last 3 games.

Osimhen is rated by the reliable Transfermarkt as Napoli's most valuable player.

Football agent, William D’Avila, has confirmed reports that his client, Henry Onyekuru, is close to a move for a third time to Turkish giants, Galatasaray.

The 23-year-old has been linked to Galatasaray since the beginning of the season but stayed put at Monaco where he has struggled with game time, failing to make the squad in over two months.

William D’Avila, who is also agent to Victor Osimhen, confirmed that Galatasaray and Monaco were in advanced negotiations with Onyekuru giving a greenlight to the deal.

He said,
“If the three sides meet in the same place, why not. This will be a transfer. Loan or long-term contract. Everything is positive for Galatasaray and Onyekuru.

“There are rumors(linking him to other clubs), I hear about it. Galatasaray is an important option for Onyekuru. I hope the contract will be long-term. I cannot say anything about how Galatasaray will agree with Monaco.”

We previously reported that Galatasaray are planning to utilise Onyekuru as a striker.