Professor Gianpaolo Tartaro, the surgeon who operated on Victor Osimhen has insisted that the Napoli striker will not be fit to represent Nigeria at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, next month in Cameroon.
Osimhen was initially ruled out of AFCON after he suffered multiple fractures in his face following a clash with Inter defender Milan Skriniar on November 21.
Osimhen 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.”
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.
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