{"id":23825,"date":"2020-04-12T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23825"},"modified":"2020-04-12T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T16:14:43","slug":"how-ighalo-is-mentoring-osimhen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-ighalo-is-mentoring-osimhen","title":{"rendered":"HOW IGHALO IS MENTORING OSIMHEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo has revealed that he has been mentoring his compatriot Victor Osimhen.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old striker has impressed at his French club Lille OSC where he has scored 18 goals in 38 competitive appearances this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ighalo, who is on loan at English giants Manchester United from Chinese side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, discussed Osimhen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talk to Osimhen, he\u2019s a very nice boy. He\u2019s a good guy. We talk, not almost every day, but almost every time I advise him,\u201d Ighalo told Elegnete TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the future of Nigerian football. He\u2019s the future, he\u2019s going to do so well in football. I always advise him to keep calm, keep working hard and the guy is going to be a celebrity, you know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came to watch our game against Club Brugge in Belgium because it\u2019s closer to where he lives, he messaged me he was going to come so I gave him my jersey, and in fact he brought his own jersey for me, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOsimhen is a nice boy, we\u2019re from the same place. I love him, he\u2019s down to earth, he\u2019s hard-working, he has a future and he has the mentality of a winner, that\u2019s what I love about him. He has that lion\u2019s heart,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love him, I just want him to keep working hard the way he\u2019s doing, he\u2019s going to break so many records in Europe and Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ighalo has also caught the eye at United having netted four goals in eight competitive matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo has revealed that he has been mentoring his compatriot Victor Osimhen. The 21-year-old striker has impressed at his French club Lille OSC where he has scored 18 goals in 38 competitive appearances this season. 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