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Super Eagles Midfielder Ogenyi Onazi is advising Napoli forward Victor Osimhen to hasten up and go to the Saudi Arabian league if a deal comes through.
According to sources, Al Hila from the Saudi Pro League is interested in the Nigerian forward. And as at the time of this report, the Saudi club has made an initial offer of €120M for the former Wolfsburg attacker.
And weighing into the conversation, Onazi stated that Osimhen is still young and may want to stay in Europe. Also he said, the Nigerian can still stay in Europe and make a lot of money for himself and family.
“There are two things involved in this situation. One is that Osimhen is a very young player who has a lot to achieve in Europe and to explore,” Onazi told FootballLive.
“One, he can still get a whole lot of money in Europe, playing in Europe, staying in Europe, to do this. And still achieve a lot in Europe because he’s still very young.”
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“He can still make a whole lot of money too in Europe because right now I think he’s the best striker. If you’re talking about he’s ranked with Haaland and the rest of them but he can still make that much money if he wants to stay in Europe.”
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Speaking further, he advised Osimhen to go for the big money in Saudi league, stressing that such opportunities may not come twice
“Apart from England, he can go to Al-Hilal and take this money because this money doesn’t come twice.”
“It comes once in a lifetime. And when he goes and take this money, I am sure that his generation will benefit from this money. And if he was my own brother, to be honest, I would tell him to go and take this money. Because, my friend, we are playing football because of this money, and he can still even achieve more.”
Adding to what he has already said, the former Lazio midfielder agreed that Osimhen can still make a move to Arab. And yet stage a return to Europe.
“If he goes there. He can still come back to Europe and play. He can still go anywhere to play. But first of all is to secure the future because you never can tell what can happen tomorrow. But he’s still on the right path,” he continued.
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“The decision is his. If he takes any decision for me, it’s okay because he’s still very young. He’s still doing very well. He still has the energy.”
