Doctor predicts one-month recovery for Osimhen’s injury

Victor Osimhen is expected to face a roughly one-month recovery period, as indicated by the renowned orthopaedics specialist, Dr. Matteo Vitali.

Osimhen encountered a thigh injury during Nigeria’s 2-2 friendly match against the Saudi Arabian Green Falcons last weekend.

The 24-year-old was absent from the subsequent friendly match against the Mozambique Mambas.

“I haven’t seen Osimhen, his injury is very common in athletes Ibra also had the same problem with a medium-grade lesion of the femoral biceps of the right thigh,” Vitali, an orthopedic doctor at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit of the San Raffaele Hospital in the Italian city of Milan told Tutto Napoli.

“Usually the protocol is quite standard, a minimum of twenty days of rest is needed with therapies aimed at mitigating the tissue lesion, then the injury must be evaluated during the course.

“After the 20-day period of therapy and rest, it will finally be possible to return to the field to train separately and then with the group,” he continued.

“With the return to training, more or less another ten days pass until we see him again in an official match.”

Osimhen has scored six goals in 10 appearances across all competitions for Napoli this season.