Nigeria football icon Segun Odegbami says Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman are both on the path of football greatness following their excellent displays in recent times, Soccernet.ng reports . Odegbami, however, believes Atalanta BC star Lookman may be further ahead of Osimhen in their ascent towards the great heights of the beautiful game.
Osimhen took his football to exciting new levels over the past year as his goals powered Napoli to their first Scudetto triumph in over three decades, while he became the first African to win the Italian Serie A top goal scorer award. The former Lille forward’s efforts were further recognised when he was named the Africa Footballer of the Year, the first Nigerian to secure that achievement since Nwankwo Kanu in 1999. However, Odegbami thinks the most valuable player on the continent has still not made the mental transition into the realm of the great players.
“That’s the slight shortfall, so far, in Victor Osimhen’s place in football till now,” Odegbami said, as per Complete Sports . “He is a very good player but still on the periphery of greatness despite his becoming Africa’s best player and his stellar goalscoring in Napoli. “When he makes that final mental transition, when he becomes fully aware of his capability and starts to play deliberately with ease, confidence, and composure, he will immediately join the ranks of the gods of African football.
” For Odegbami, though, Ademola Lookman has shown, with his display i.
