Sunday Oliseh Likens Napoli Striker Osimhen to Nigeria Legend Rashidi Yekini

• Sunday Oliseh has been speaking about former teammate Rashidi Yekini
• The former Super Eagles captain has compared the legendary forward to Victor Osimhen
• Osimhen has been in phenomenal form for Napoli this season

Former Nigeria captain, Sunday Oliseh has likened Napoli's red-hot forward Victor Osimhen to Super Eagles legend Rashidi Yekini.

Osimhen is regarded as one of the best strikers in football today, following his exploits in Serie A with the Naples outfit.

The lanky forward has netted 21 goals in 23 matches in the league this season and has been pivotal in Napoli's run to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League.

However, his international form has been in question after firing blank in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea Bissau.

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Although he is yet to reach the heights marked by Yekini, Oliseh who played with the late Super Eagles striker believes Osimhen has what it takes to be a better player.

"Osimhen is Rashidi in kind of a way, he beats Gangling in a way," he said on the ATHLST podcast.

"And there is something he does better than Rashidi, which is very rare for a Nigerian striker, that is the aerial ball," he added.

"Every time I sent the ball to Rashidi to head, the man will jump higher than the ball. He loves to keep it on his chest."

Yekini died in 2012 after his long battle with illness.

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The Naples outfit were without leading marksman, Victor Osimhen, who returned from international duty with an injury.

A Rafael Leao brace and goals from Brahim Diaz and Alex Saelemaekers saw the Italian champions make light work of Napoli.

Osimhen to miss AC Milan clash

The head coach of Napoli Luciano Spalletti has lamented following an injury that will rule Victor Osimhen out of their Champions League quarter-final clash against AC Milan.

It’s a triple-header between both teams as they will face off in the Serie A on Sunday, before their European engagement next week.

It was gathered that Osimhen has been ruled out for a few weeks after he complained of abductor strain which was later confirmed through tests.