Victor Osimhen Beats Barcelona and Real Madrid Stars To Win Prestigious Award

Victor Osimhen has beaten Barcelona midfielder Gavi and Real Madrid star Federico Valverde to the Emerging Player Of The Year at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai.

This is a massive achievement for the Super Eagles striker who has been impressive for Napoli this season in all competitions.

His brilliance earned him a place among the nominees for the Globe Awards alongside Gavi, Valverde, Hareb Abdullah, Julian Alvarez, Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga, Francisco Conceiçao, Ryan Gravenberch, Josko Gvardiol, Nuno Mendes, Ilaix Moriba, Jamal Musiala, Pedri, Bukaio Saka and Milan star Rafael Leao.

However, Osimhen beat them to claim the prestigious award in Dubai. The Napoli man is the inaugural winner of the award as the category made its debut this year according to the confirmation by Globe.

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Speaking on the award won by Osimhen, Super Eagles coordinator, Pascal Patrick urged the Nigerian striker to continue doing his best for his club and the national team.

Pascal Patrick's statement

''Like I used to say, Victor Osimhen is a promising player and someone who has good future ahead of him and I am not surprised that he won the award even though I will urge him to continue doing his best.''

Napoli director speaks about Osimhen

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Cristiano Giuntoli who is the sporting Director at Napoli explained that the Italian side had the chance of signing Erling Haaland from Salzburg, but they settled for Victor Osimhen.

Haaland's primary duty is scoring goals, and that was the major reason that made Manchester City to spend big in signing him before the start of the ongoing Premier League season.

The Norwegian striker has since then been impressive for the Citizens this season in the Premier League netting 18 goals and has even been tipped to win the golden boot award.

Osimhen on the other hand keeps firing the goals so far this season for Napoli who are currently topping the Serie A table.