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Super Eagles’ scoring sensation Victor Osimhen has praised his French Ligue 1 side’s Sporting Director Luis Campos for the positive impact the 55-year-old Portuguese has had in his blossoming career.
Osimhen has been heavily linked with a move away from the club with Lille manager Christophe Galtier believing it will be difficult to keep him beyond this season
Sources claim Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Chelsea are among a host of clubs monitoring his progress in the French top-flight.
Osimhen, when invited to speak about his relationship with Campos said:
“Luis Campos has always played an important role in my life: he watched me during the U17s World Cup in Chile and since then we have never been out of contact,” Osimhen told RMC.
“We have a very good relationship and I am very happy, he has helped me and motivated me to become the player that I am today.
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“We are genuinely close and I am very happy to know someone like Luis Campos and to be with him day to day and I am delighted to be able to work with him.”
The 20 year old, who has scored 13 goals and four assists in 24 Ligue 1 starts added that he is close to French midfielder Boubakary Soumaré because he has a special connection with the 21-year-old and they are close age-wise. He said: “It is difficult to speak about a singular player, everyone is important but I would like to mention my relationship with Bouba(kary) Soumaré in the team. When we play together we have a unique connection and I am very happy to play with him, we are both young and are able to count on experienced players.”
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