Izuchukwu Okosi
Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has expressed confidence that striken Napoli striker could make an instant comeback from the facial and checkbone injuries that was expected to keep him out of action for three months.
In a sickening clash of heads in a Serie A match against Inter Milan, Osimhen suffered a cheekbone and a damage to his eye socket.
Earlier prognosis was not encouraging but in a latest development, Osimhen has returned to training for his club and Rohr is looking forward to the availability of the forward.
“There may be a little hope,” Rohr told AFP, as per Eurosport.
“He has resumed training. It’s going to be a race (against time).
“He has to do bodybuilding (even if) it was a facial injury,” Rohr stated.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Cameroon in January 2022 is nary 30 days away with the final squad of 28 expected to be named two weeks to the start of the African fiesta.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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