Osimhen: I’ll be available for 2022 AFCON if selected
Victor Osimhen, Super Eagles striker, says he is fit and would be available for the 2022 AFCON in Cameroon next month if selected.
The 22-year-old forward alerted the coaching crew of the Super Eagles about his fitness status in a tweet on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
The Napoli striker was expected to be out of action for three months after he suffered multiple facial fractures from a nasty clash of heads with Inter Milan’s Skriniar in their Serie A encounter on November 21.
Osimhen was forced off in the 52nd minute with a side of his face swollen from the impact.
He, however, made a remarkable return when he came back to training just three weeks after the injury.
In the tweet, the Lagos-born striker said he is ready to represent Nigeria at the 2022 AFCON — billed for January 9 till February 6.
“I will be available for AFCON unless I’m not among the players picked to represent Nigeria,” Osimhen wrote.
He has been training individually in Naples with a face shield to protect the affected part of his face.
The Eagles have been drawn in group D alongside Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and Sudan.
The team will open their campaign against the Pharaohs on January 11 before taking on Sudan four days later.
Their final fixture will be against Guinea-Bissau on January 19.
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