With the rumoured Tottenham target now in fine form, Napoli veteran Careca has drawn an astounding comparison between Victor Osimhen and the late Pele
With the rumoured Tottenham target now in fine form, Napoli veteran Careca has drawn an astounding comparison between Victor Osimhen and the late Pele.
Following Nigerian international Osimhen’s recent performance for the Italian giants against Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma, the pundit, who played for Brazil for over a decade and won the Serie A title with Napoli in 1990 alongside Diego Maradona, was effusive in his praise of Osimhen in an interview with CalcioMercato.
At the time of this writing, Osimhen’s 16 goals in 17 games have put him atop the Serie A scoring lists and make him one of the finest forwards in Europe this season. The consequence has been a surge in offers for the 24-year-old, with Rudy Galetti claiming that Tottenham is considering him as a successor to Harry Kane.
Indeed, Osimhen has had one of the finest records in Europe, and Careca has said that the player’s latest goal against Roma reminded the Napoli veteran of Pele, which is impossible to grasp but also a testimony of just how excellent the striker has been in recent weeks.
Careca said when asked about how good Osimhen has been this season for Napoli: “He is very strong and he will become even stronger because he wants to improve and still has a little something to work on. But he is unstoppable and he has an impressive physical superpower.”
The Napoli legend later added about the Serie A superstar: “In the goal scored against Roma, I saw something similar to Pele. He dominated the ball, dominated the defender and smashed the goal. In that goal, there is everything, technique, malice and power.”
The striker is one of the finest in the world and is on track to lead Napoli to the club’s first Serie A title this century, but comparisons to Pele are, to put it mildly, absurd.
While the £88m-rated forward’s stats this season would make the sports icon pleased, comparing Osimhen or any player of this generation to the great man himself is a disrespect to what Pele did in the game, with comparisons being saved for the exceptional few.
