Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.

The striker who has been out of action since November 8 after dislocating his shoulder in an international duty with the Super Eagles, tested positive for the virus after returning to camp.

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After returning, he was made to undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test of which the results came out positive.

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A statement from the Napoli side confirmed that the striker is asymptomatic and has since commenced treatment in isolation.

Part of the statement reads: “Napoli can confirm that Victor Osimhen has tested positive for COVID-19 following his return to Italy,” Napoli said in a statement.

“Osimhen is currently asymptomatic and has not come into contact with the rest of the squad.”

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Nigerian professional footballer, Victor Osimhen has scored his first Napoli goal in Serie A this weekend.

The former Lille striker who now plays for Napoli in the Serie after completing an €80m move celebrated his first goal by showing an #EndSARSBrutality T-shirt.

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The player scored in the 43rd minute of the game and removed his T-shirt to show support for the protest in Nigeria.

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Nigerian youth have been protesting against SARS and police brutalities in the country over a week now.

The player and the entire Super Eagles team have also lended their voices to the protest.

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Nigerian Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been successfully initiated into his new team, Napoli.

The player who joined the Italian giants from Lille in France joined his team mates in their pre-season camp at Castel di Sangro, went through the usual fun to get well accustomed with his new home.

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Most new players are asked to sing or rap or even dance in front of their new team mates as a form of initiation into the new team.

A video surfaced online has the 21 years old Nigerian striker holding a bottle to his mouth whiles singing a song.

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He ended his performance with a rousing applause from his team mates.

Victor Osimhen has been impressive for his new side in training according to local reports.

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Nigerian footballer, Victor Osimhen has apologized to the punch newspaper after he went beserk on them two days ago.

Punch in an earlier story, quoted the Napoli striker as saying that he wants to be like Diego Maradona who helped the Napoli side to a two Italian league titles.

Victor on twitter dismissed the story saying, “I never said such a thing,y’all copy paste journalist just like to fabricate lies,since the passing of my late father I haven’t grant any interview whatsoever, stop this nonsense else na thunder go fire una.”

The 2015 CAF youth player of the year however apologized to punch and all other journalists who felt disrespected by his words.

He tweeted: “As much as I dislike being misquoted or taken out of context by the media, I want to apologise to @MobilePunch and other journalists that felt offended for the type of language I used in my earlier post, sorry about it, make una no vex I still be una boy…peace.”

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Italian club SSC Napoli has officially confirmed the capture of super eagles striker, Victor Osimhen after weeks of speculations.

The Napolitan club confirmed the news on their twitter page with a welcoming post of the now former Lille striker.

Victor joins the Italian club for a reported €50M initial fee off the back of a stellar campaign in Ligue 1 where he was adjudged the best African player in the league and also won the Lille player of the season.

The 21 year old ended last season as Lille’s top scorer with 18 goals in 38 appearances.

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