Liverpool had a choice last summer – and Victor Osimhen can now expose their mistake

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Part of Liverpool’s logic for recruiting Isak last summer was that he was the best striker available. It may be more accurate to say Osimhen has ended on the winning side in 75 percent of those games, a relative rarity against Liverpool.Victor Osimhen has scored and assisted in his two games against Liverpool this term (Getty)And perhaps his finest display only lasted 40 minutes and ended without him on the scoresheet.

Osimhen felt the destroyer in chief in one of the greatest eviscerations of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool; but for his first-half injury, Napoli would probably have beaten them by more than the 4-1 margin in 2022. If Osimhen is not playing in one of Europe’s five major domestic leagues, he has been advertising his quality in the Champions League.

If three of his seven were penalties, he also has three assists.Alexander Isak struggled for Liverpool before injury hit his season (Getty)He set up two goals in the 5-2 win over Juventus in the play-off; in the second leg, after 10-man Juve’s stirring comeback, he scored arguably Galatasaray’s most important goal in Europe in over a decade. The Nigerian’s fitness record may have put off some suitors; yet Liverpool bought Isak, with his own mixed record, who has been injured for much of this season.And as Osimhen was bought by Galatasaray, Liverpool pursued other forward plans.