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TheSuperNerd:
Here is the top 10. #11 is Atalanta's Matteo Retegui...

Note: Osimhen was rated #4 best CF in the world by ESPN in the 2022/23 season (Serie A title winning season).

In 2023/2024, he was rated #13 by ESPN, combining both CFs and wingers/wing forwards.

So ranking 12 for CFs only in 24/25 is because he is doing it outside the Top leagues.

Thanks for this info
League aside, so Rategui to them is a better striker than Osimhen?
Oyinbo will never stop amazing us
Aside Mbappe and Haaland, there is no other strikers today I will pick over Osimhen.
Lewandowski is a legend and one of the greatest CF ever but as at today, I won't pick him over Osimhen in my team. Only God knows the numbers of empty net 🥅 goals Lewandowski missed this past season and at a time, We Barcelona fans started clamouring for another striker to bench him

damagnificentusb:
Do agree with ESPN's ranking of top strikers?. Victor Osimhen is ranked as the 12th best striker in the world

Please can you post the list here let's see those strikers that they listed above Osimhen

charlesemeka85:
Isak is your preference while Gyokeres is mine

You have qualities which u admire in strikers likewise I myself

I love my strikers rugged, strong, pacy and big. A striker who can easily bully defenders and also has good hold up play just like Osimhen and Gyokeres

Isak is just like Sadiq Umar with good finishing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

My brother Isak isn't like Sadiq Umar oh, the guy looks lanky but during play he plays rugged and strong. And he is very technical.

With your preference for a Striker, it means Lukaku is your greatest 9? 🤣🤣🤣

charlesemeka85:
12th best striker in the world currently? That’s poor to osimhen’s standard

I believe the rating may be based on the fact he played in the Turkish top flight last season which isn’t considered to be tough when compared to the EPL,Laliga, Bundesliga and Serie A

To me the strikers ahead of Osimhen in the world currently are Haaland, Lewa, Mbappe and Kane

Gyokeres is in the same level with Osimhen while both are better than Isak

Gyokeres is not better than Isak, Isak is better than him. Isak did well in laliga and doing same in the EPL. Osimhen has also done same in the French league and the Seria A. They are both ahead of Gyokeres

chrisooblog:
He fits into their pressing style but not sure if the Reds necessarily need him with Gakpo finding his form.

Gakpo has never played 9 for Liverpool.

BankyGee:
You sabi ball...

Ndidi - OUT
Onyedika - IN

Onyemaechi - OUT
Agu - IN

I nor Sabi ball, before you go start to they curse me again

Starboytwo:
98 years no fit do that cross for dessers for the first match. Let's keep it at 40

🤣🤣🤣🤣

elyte89:
Ndidi has a better passing range and can also assist Dan onyeka …onyeka with d ball on his feet is minus ➖ 1 ….hes good wout d ball

Onyedika is a better passer and controller of the ball than Ndidi. Onyedika should replace Ndidi then.

Moniter0:
Recommended formation and starting eleven for World Cup Qualifiers.

Remove Ndidi and replace him with Onyeka as a dm or Onyedika. There is nothing Ndidi brings to the team right now that Onyeka or Onyedika wouldn't.
Then also, replace Onyeamachi with Agu. Agu seem more refined

robosky02:
Remo Stars Sadiq. Can compete with him

That 98 years old claiming 22? 😂😂😂

yinkeys:
If we sort our defensive & creative issues, I think we can win
Im just not confident in all the defenders we have
I wish Adarabioyo had declared already for us
Coach should drop Ndidi & play Onyeka as DM, Ndidi doesn’t have 90 minutes intensity anymore. He can always come on for Onyeka
Uche should play box to box or move to AM role if Iwobi gets substituted for Onyekachi
He should start Iwobi as AM & bring in Bashiru in the second half
Coach needs to caution whoever would play in the right wing and right midfield, they need to help Aina at the right back
I think Bruno starts ahead of Agu based on athleticism
Maybe they switch between 3-4-3 and 4-3-3 in the game.
I think Chukwueze can play free role better than Lookman, so Chukwueze can sometimes drift in the middle
Lookman is so used to Italian league style 3-4-3
I doubt if he’d severely trouble the opposition if we play 4-3-3. I hope we score first & in the first half. If we can play with intensity and score 2 goals in the first half, the last quarter should be time wasting and managing the game properly
I think if coach gets his defense personnels correctly as well as energetic midfielders. We will get 6 points in September
I wish super Eagles good luck
Im not confident we have the right defenders though
Im now confident we have a solid midfield and strike force
Coach should take out the players who don’t show individual brilliance in the team.
Individual brilliance, pace, physical power is what we can rely on since the South Africans have team chemistry checked
Iheanacho shouldn’t be called for September games, he’s not lethal, crafty and quick anymore
All coach needs to do in our midfield is take out Papa Daniel and bring back Iwobi post friendlies

Why the so much disrespect on Ademola? Because he doesn't make noise on SE or what? If Ademola had opted to play for England and with his stats in the last 2 Seasons, he will be guaranteed a starting shirt at the left side of attack.

robosky02:
Compensation level

Not at all, it's well deserved. Don't forget he was also instrumental in eliminating Salah Liverpool from the UCL that he won. And without doubt he is also currently the best right back in the world

robosky02:
The 2025 CAF Player of the Year decider will arguably be the hardest in the history of the award 🥶

• Mohammed Salah-35 goals, 1 trophy
• Achraf Hakimi-9 goals, 3 trophies
• Victor Osimhen-37 goals, 2 trophies

Fingers crossed🤞🔥

Give it to Hakimi and it will be well deserved.
Imagine a defender scoring 9 goals and topping it with a UCL trophy 🏆. What else does he need to do to win it?

Kog45:
Let's see how it goes during Afcon and WC qualifiers

I think we should just forget about that world cup qualifiers so that our hope won't be dashed because our position on the table isn't encouraging. But it miracle happens, Thank God.
With the right players picked and with Chelle style or play, we can do very well at the next Afcon

mowah:
GOOD MATCH AS USUAL
SUMMARY
DESSERS, UCHE AND OGBU IN
ALL HOME BASED PLAYERS OUT UNFORTUNATELY (THE COUNTRY FAILED THEIR TALENTS)
NOW OBVIOUS WHY TELLA HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY BENCHED
AGU IS DECENT, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE DECENT LEFT BACKS, WE’RE LOOKING FOR A TAYE TAIWO OR ANOTHER OLA AINA ON THE LEFT
FEDRICK IS FOR THE NEXT 1-2YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNS
UNPOPULAR OPINION BUT NWABALI IS A TICKING TIMEBOMB, I KNOW HE’S TRYING BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PUSH FOR THE WREXHAM GUY AND ATOBOLU AND CO. TILL WE FIND A PROFESSIONAL

Papa Daniel did absolutely well in the match against Ghana and he is a decent player. With what I watched today, Benjamin Fredrick should be a back up immediately and not wait for 2 years time.
Agu should be part of the team henceforth, he was decent today, it was Simon that wasn't playing with him in that left wing position

oloriooko:
the guy has not been able to make a successful cross and he'needs to work more with Simon cuz each time Simon has the ball 2 players are always on him meanwhileSodiq is -1 so far, no crosses no attack

It's Simon that should work with Agu rather. Simon tends to pass back instead laying the ball to Agu in an overlapping run

ChrisKels:
Benjamin Francis is class.


Agu has been off, same as Tela.

Tela even they the match? 😁😁
Or maybe because he was played out of position. Tells should be removed and Uche brought in to play behind the striker. I will also like to see Papa Daniel brought into the midfield

Ogbu, Fredrick and Agu has been outstanding amongst the newest additions to the team. These 3 has so much composure with the ball and such would help with playing from the back going forward. Simon should try to watch Agu and play with him. Ndidi has done well also

ruggedtimi:
Using price of item as the basis during Goodluck's tenure, Ghana was better...when was the last time Nigeria Used coin. During goodluck's tenure can you buy pure water with 50Kobo ? But i was buying pure water in ghana with 50 pesewas and even enter taxi with 50 pesewas. Which was equivalent to 50kobo.

50 pesewas was never equivalent to 50 Kobo. Add the 0000 that was removed from their currency and it made 50 pesewas equivalent to about ₦500. Meaning pure water that was sold for ₦10 in Nigeria was sold for ₦500 in Ghana. Na that 0000 that they removed they deceive una.
Minimum was in Ghana was about 300 cedis or so and if we are to go with your calculation of 50 pesewas been equivalent to 50 Kobo, does that means their minimum wage of 300 cedis was also equivalent to ₦300? Meaning Ghana minimum was as at then was ₦300 why Nigeria was ₦17,500. So which was better?

Also, a litre of fuel in Ghana was sold at 12 cedis, does that means they were selling a litre of fuel for ₦12 if we are to go with your calculation of 50 pesewas been equivalent to 50 Kobo?

ruggedtimi:
around 2011/2014...ghana was way better than nigeria relating to your price of items. Then i could use 50 pesewas for transportation..the same indomie was sold for around 1ghana. The direction ghana economic went through from 2015 up is the same direction Nigeria's economy is now following.

Same 2011/2014 when Goodluck was president and a bag of rice was sold for around 6-8k and that same noodle was sold for about ₦120? Those years you mentioned was when Nigeria economic was 1 million times better than the Ghana Economy.
There was never a time till now when the Ghanian economy was rated above Nigeria, even though they are fast catching up now

Christistruth02:
Remember the Ghana currency was consolidated not long ago

It is like turning N2000 into a newly consolidated N2 version

Theirs is even worse because it was 4 0000 that they removed and not 3 000. Meaning Nigeria economic is still far better than theirs at $1 - ₦1,600 because If we decide to remove 3 000 now, the naira will become ₦1.60 Kobo to a dollar

Okoroawusa:
9 Cedis is 90000 Cedis.
When Cedis was redominated in 2007, it was 10000 Cedis to USD. Four zeroes were removed to make it 1 Cedis to 1 USD. Now it has depreciated to 90000 Cedis and you are all clapping.

I never knew we had this much Gen Z on Nairaland.

I have always tried to educate those around me concerning this issue but it seems they have already decided on what to believe or what not to.
Just about 4 years ago when I was staying in Ghana, that was when I realised that the whole Ghana Economy is centred around Accra and it's not bigger than just Lagos economic. It's disrespectful comparing Ghana to Nigeria aside security and electricity.
Then, noodle that we would buy in Nigeria for ₦400 was sold in Ghana for an equivalent of ₦1,200.
If I were Tinubu, I would damn the consequences and redenominate the naira, remove just 000 and make the dollar to a naira become $1 = ₦1.60 Kobo. Make we see if these illiterate go still see something to talk about.
Though, it's embarrassing and shameful that the dollar is exchanging at ₦1,600 as at today, it should have been around ₦500 at least. The CBN needs to work on this, it doesn't sounds well to the ears

Kobojunkie:
can you provide a reference to this law which gives you right over any child born from your sperm?

I will be dropping legal precedent to back it up but before then, please answer this moral question. Does it means Davido is not the father of Imade because he didn't marry Sophia, Imade's mother?

Michelle55:
No cohabitation... It's either you are married or not. Just the same way you don't own the children even when DNA proves otherwise as long as you're not married to the mother of your kids(except in rare cases, where the woman's family permits you to perform some rites just to own the kids and let them bear your name) This is common in the East though, can't say for others.
We should cultivate the habit of doing things the right way, no need cutting through corners cos it might come back to bite one in the arse.

Them nor born that family well that would tell me that my child doesn't belongs to me because I didn't get married to their daughter. My baby mama family wanted to try such trash with me and when I took them to government welfare and the law was read to them, they removed hands by force.
same way them nor born that tradition well that would want to refused my own daughters from sharing from my wealth when I dies.

Michelle55:
No cohabitation... It's either you are married or not. Just the same way you don't own the children even when DNA proves otherwise as long as you're not married to the mother of your kids(except in rare cases, where the woman's family permits you to perform some rites just to own the kids and let them bear your name) This is common in the East though, can't say for others.
We should cultivate the habit of doing things the right way, no need cutting through corners cos it might come back to bite one in the arse.

What you said here concerning a man not been the rightful owner of a child because he didn't married the child's mother is Igbo tradition if we are to go the traditional way and same doesn't apply in some other tradition. A sound lawyer can easily win this case on behalf of the man when mostly a DNA test is conducted and shows the child was fathered by the man.
It's the same thing with some tradition that forbids a father's properties to be shared to his daughters when the father dies. Numerous cases has been won in the court supporting the daughters having legal shares to their father's properties, even when tradition states otherwise

Michelle55:
No cohabitation... It's either you are married or not. Just the same way you don't own the children even when DNA proves otherwise as long as you're not married to the mother of your kids(except in rare cases, where the woman's family permits you to perform some rites just to own the kids and let them bear your name) This is common in the East though, can't say for others.
We should cultivate the habit of doing things the right way, no need cutting through corners cos it might come back to bite one in the arse.

Which one supercede the other between Tradition and the Law?
Because by law, any child birthed by your sperm, mostly after proving by a DNA is your child. And personally I think I would go with the law in this case because a man can't father a child and at the end the woman's family would want to claim ownership of the man's child. The woman papa for just sleep with his daughter Na since Na pikin he they find

komekn:
Rashford is on £330k a week and has played in the best league in the world

But you earlier said playing in a world class league doesn't make a player world class.
Does that means Rashford is only playing in a world class league but he isn't world class? But if you states otherwise, does Rashford stats makes him a world class player?

elyte89:
How market to all d anti Napoli fans cause of osimhen….dem don win league o 😃😃😃😃😃😃

It's a win - win
Osimhen also did the double in Turkey

We4all:
Are we talking about me or those who can't afford to buy meat? Let me ask you a question: As a hungry man with just 200 naira in your pocket, will you use it to buy meat or garri? Use your brain.

Was there ever a time in Nigeria that everyone could afford even 100 naira? Nigeria has always been bad and it's not Tinubu that caused it. Even during Jonathan when a bag of rice was 8-12k, there were still some Nigerians complaining that they couldn't afford to eat rice on a Sunday because they didn't had the money to

Fekumzi123:
You people will just be exaggerating things. Na today wey things don hard.
You have a phone, you buy data, is it more expensive than meat. You can easily buy fried meat N200 and throw inside your mouth oga.

Jonathan came complain, you people called him ineffective Buffon.
Buhari came complain, you people called him dullard.
Now this. If you think it's easy to lead a country, go and lead your street first.

Their matter tire me my brother.
These people have been complaining right from Obasanjo Regime and they will never stop complaining. They are wired to complain and are always looking for people they will hold responsible for their actions.
Yeah, I know Nigeria government hasn't been the best since time immemorial but I just dislike mostly men that complain. Try and look for solutions as a man, think outside the box and watch things change.
I, as an example, I hate anything farming 🧺 but recently, after a very close friend invested in catfish 🐟 farming and within few months has catched out millions of naira, I'm already thinking and working on investing in such venture. That's what's expected of men, think outside the box and do things differently instead of always complaining like kids

We4all:
Your question is very ridiculous. Are you living in a hole or just pretending not to know that there are people who can't afford to buy meat?

It's you guys that are exaggerating this.
Were you a millionaire before Tinubu became president and because of Tinubu presidency you are no longer a millionaire?
Here in Benin city, you can still buy meat as low as 3k, though it's like 5-6 pieces if truly Na meat they hungry you to eat. If you are saying you can't afford 3-5k meat to cook, it means you have been poor and your poverty isn't cause by Tinubu

orriyomi33:
For someone that has barely played 5 games in a team , you were already wishing Icardi take his place.

So much love for "una Osimhen" from you.
I'm glad Osimhen achieved so much more for Galatasaray that you had nothing to talk him down with thereby going the Kinsmen route.

Osimhen is not coming to feed you!!!

Ma nigga, I don't need him to feed or get myself whatever I need. I don't even follow celebs...I'm not on Instagram, X or tiktok. I be man! 😁