With 13 goals to his name, Lille goal poacher, Victor Osimhen, is the third top-scoring African player in the big five European Leagues consisting of the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.
After the latest round of matches in Europe, Arsenal captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang took his tally for the season to 15 goals, thanks to his 54th minute opener against Newcastle United, making him Africa’s highest goalscorer.
The other player ahead of Osimhen represents a club in the English top-flight, Liverpool’s Egypt winger, Mohamed Salah, who has racked up 14 goals.
Completing the top five highest goalscorers are Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and FC Metz’s Habib Diallo who have found the net 12 times each.
As you might be aware, majority of Osimhen’s goals came in home matches – 10 in total – and he had to wait until the 19th match day at Monaco before netting his first goal away from home.
Victor Osimhen has grabbed this season by the scruff of the neck and is emerging as one of Ligue 1’s big prospects, reports fourfourtwo.com.
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The 21-year-old has scored 16 goals and assisted a further five in all competitions this season.
The Nigeria international moved to Lille in summer for £19 million and has started life in France at some rate of knots.
According to Le10Sport, La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are interested in signing Osimhen in the summer.
The Spanish pair are reported to have made contact with Lille in January over a possible deal.
Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are on the hunt for a new center-forward, as Karim Benzema and Luis Suarez enter the twilight of their careers.
Benzema scored the winning goal in Los Blancos’ victory over local rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
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However, the Frenchman is 32 years old and is widely believed to be edging toward the end of his time as Real Madrid’s focal point.
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