Arsenal have reportedly told Folarin Balogun that he is free to find a new club this summer.
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However, both player and club will have to wait on the results of further scans to see if he has ligament damage.
The 23-year-old Nigerian forward joined the Partenopei in September 2020 from the French side in a deal that was valued at around €71.2m, including the estimated market values of the four players included.
The Napoli striker joined Napoli from Lille two years ago for a club-record fee of €72 million.
It was alleged that Napoli inflated the Nigerians’ transfer fee from French Club Lille by a staggering £20 million.
Pulisic latched on to Jorginho’s fine pass to cancel out Lille skipper Burak Yilmaz’s penalty, before captain Azpilicueta turned in Mason Mount’s cross midway through the second-half.
An early Jonathan David strike and Burak Yilmaz’s penalty in first-half stoppage time ensured that Christophe Galtier’s Lille finished one point ahead of second-placed Paris Saint-Germain, who won 2-0 at Brest.
Neymar was sent off when he picked up a second yellow card for shoving Tiago Djalo, who reacted with a foul-mouthed rant and was also shown a red card, as Lille leapfrogged PSG to grab a three-point lead in Ligue 1.
It was not always apparent that he would hit those heights. Certainly not when his footballing journey began as a scrawny young boy. At that point in his life, Osimhen had already lost his mother, and was adjusting to the ever-constricting reality of privation in the Olusosun landfill slum in Lagos, after his father lost his job.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed but British media reported Arsenal paid around 27 million pounds ($36.29 million) for the 22-year-old.
The deal is the most expensive signing in the history of the club and the highest transfer deal of the summer so far
Despite helping the Ligue 1 side earn another campaign in the Champions League, it was recently suggested that the Nigerian would be sold during the next transfer window.
The Nigeria international put the Great Danes ahead after 19 minutes, but was forced off after complaining with chest pain.
The La Liga giants are in the market for a centre-forward to be the long-term successor to Luis Suarez and believe the Nigerian starlet has the potential to do so.
Last season’s surprise package look hellbent on a repeat of their heroics, which got them all the way from the preliminary rounds to the semi-finals
Osimhen started the game on the bench and took the place of Frenchman, Loic Remy, in the 19th minute.
The move is the 20-year-old’s second transfer this summer after Sporting Charleroi permanently signed him from Wolfsburg in June.
Olympique Lyonnais lost ground in the race for second spot in Ligue 1 when they were held 1-1 at home by Stade de Reims, while second-placed Lille cruised to a 3-1 win at Caen on Friday.
The Nigerian striker is set to lead the line in Friday’s Premier League opener against Manchester United with Jamie Vardy, only back in training on Monday, unlikely to be risked
The Brazilian striker fired home with a superb free kick after Yuri Berchiche had opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime