MANCHESTER UNITED transfer target Victor Osimhen has revealed he underwent facial reconstruction surgery and had a mask specially designed for him after suffering a horror injury.
The Napoli striker is enjoying a fine season in Serie A, with the team on the verge of winning the title and they are into the Champions League quarter-finals.
Osimhen has donned a face mask throughtou this season after he clattered into Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar last term.
Opening up on his issue, Osimhen told L’Equipe: “With Skriniar it was like receiving a blow to the face.
“Ten minutes later, I got up and was taken to the hospital.
“The doctor asked me how I could continue standing. I didn’t want to have surgery, but they had to reconstruct my face.
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“They passed through my mouth, it was very complicated and for two months I had a part of my head as if asleep.
“Little by little, and thanks to the doctors, everything returned to normal.
“They invented a mask for me and the side that protects my wound is very hard. I’m not afraid anymore”.
Dr Gianpaolo Tartaro, who worked on player, previously said: “The orbital bone stopped just in time because Osimhen could even have lost his sight.
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“That bone could indeed have caused other problems, but fortunately some factors helped us and the eye was able to go back into its socket.”
Osimhen has been linked with a move to United this summer.
Manager Erik ten Hag views signing a striker as a priority with him and Tottenham’s Harry Kane the top choices.
However, both are expected to have £100million-plus price tags slapped on them.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
