Professor Gianpaolo Tartaro has insisted that Napoli striker
Victor Osimhen will not be fit to represent Nigeria at the 2021 Africa Cup of
Nations next month. He added that only a miracle would see the striker feature
in Cameroon.
The latest medical update will come as a huge blow for
Nigeria and the striker who is determined to represent the three-time champions
at the AFCON.
Osimhen had been initially ruled out of the biggest African
football showpiece, scheduled for January 9 to February 6, 2022, in Cameroon,
after he suffered multiple fractures in his face following a clash with Inter
defender Milan Skriniar on November 21.
The former Lille player resumed individual training a few weeks after his surgery and was included in Nigeria’s 28-man AFCON squad list by the Super Eagles interim boss Austin Eguavoen.
Tartaro, the surgeon who operated on Osimhen in November,
told Corriere Dello Sport that the player needed more time to heal.
“For the formation of the callus bone, according to world
protocols, it takes from sixty to ninety days. Unless a biological miracle,”
the surgeon was quoted as saying.
“If he does not do
the CT scan, we will not be able to dissolve the prognosis. Reduced fractures
must consolidate: I repeat, for the formation of the callus, you have to wait
two or three months unless a Christmas biological miracle: but biology is not a
fan.”
Osimhen was part of the Eagles squad that finished third at
the 2019 Afcon, where Odion Ighalo emerged as the top goalscorer with five
goals.
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