WATCH OUT FOR THIS GREAT AND YOUNG NIGERIAN PLAYER

hehehehe........Victor Osimhen jumped into the spotlight  at the  2015 FIFA Under-17  World Cup in Chile.

Nigeria  won the tournament for a record fifth time in its history  and also  emerged   as the second team  to win the title  back-to-back  (UAE 2013,  Chile 2015)  after Brazil  made it back-to-back wins  at New Zealand ’99, having won their second title in  Egypt in 1997.

Osimhen hit the back of the net 10 times in Chile to  become the tournament’s all-time leading scorer.

He won the Golden Boot  and the Silver Ball in the championship in which  Arsenal midfielder  Kelechi Nwakali succeeded Manchester City’s  rising star Kelechi  Iheanacho.

Osimhen, who was 16  then, attracted  interests from a host of Europe’s top clubs after his emergence  at Chile 2015.

It was  thought that   Arsenal had wrapped up a deal to sign the Nigerian prospect from the  Ultimate Strikers Academy of Lagos,  but one day, out of the blue,  newspapers screamed headlines that struggling German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg  had  agreed  a three-and-a-half-year deal with  the player.

Osimhen completed  his move to  the Volkswagen Arena on January 1 on a reported £3m deal  after he turned 18 on December 29 last year.

The teenager  has revealed the reasons behind his move to Wolves instead of making Arsenal his destination.

“There were many clubs that were interested in me,” Osimhen told Bild.

“But my choice was Wolfsburg because I think that my development opportunities are highest here.

“If I had gone to Arsenal, for example, I might not have found the route to the first team so quickly.”

Wolfsburg  manager Valerien Ismael  says he is  delighted to have signed a player who “already has a large presence in our attack”.

“He  has to improve his physical strength and get used to playing in Germany. We want to help him take this step,” Ismael told the club’s official website after the unveiling of the striker.

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr  should be licking his lips at the prospect of adding Osimhen to his attacking options.

The  Super Eagles boast a wealth of attacking talents in Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi, Iheanacho and Watford’s Odion Igahlo – but  Rohr   has revealed he holds Osimhen in awe.

The German  manager   has  hinted that he is  currently focusing his attention on the young striker at Wolfsburg.

“Victor Osimhen is having a good beginning at Wolfsburg. I spoke with Wolfsburg manager and he said Victor is doing very well. And who says Victor who will be playing in the Bundesliga cannot come and play as our number nine?” the  former Gabon coach said of the forward, who won the 2015  African Football Youth Player of the Year  award.

Osimhen was denied the chance to showcase his talents on the international stage again after Samson Siasia omitted him from his squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, despite helping the country to qualify for the men’s football event of the Games.

The prodigious talent’s  immediate tasks will be to score plenty of goals to help Wolfsburg, who are  hovering above the Bundesliga drop zone, avoid relegation.

It took Iheanacho and Iwobi time to break into first-team reckoning at Man City and Arsenal, but Osimhen can hit the ground running  as under-fire Wolves manager  Ismael  seeks to explore his attacking options when they resume their Bundesliga campaign at home to Hamburg on  January 21.

Emmanuel Amuneke, who was in the dugout when the Golden Eaglets won the Chile 2015 tournament, described Osimhen  as  “a player blessed with abundant  talent.”

“I hope Victor  continues to grow and continues to make people happy, he’s a good player, he has to believe in himself,” the Tunisia ’94 Africa Cup of Nations winner said.

Festus Odini, who played a key role in the Golden Eaglets  Japan ’93  FIFA Under-17 World Cup triumph, believes Osimhen could establish  himself as one of the deadliest strikers in the world if the pacey striker takes his career seriously.

“Osimhen can become another Neymar if he is committed. He’s deadly in front of goal like  the late Rashidi Yekini.  If he humbles himself and takes his career seriously, he will become one of the top players in the world,” Odini said.