Manchester United legend, Owen Hargreaves, has named Victor Osimhen as one of the three most dependable players in the Napoli squad for now.
Hargreaves made the submission after Napoli lost 0-1 to AC Milan on Wednesday night in a Champions League quater-final first leg game at San Siro.
The Serie A champions in waiting have not been playing particularly well since losing the Nigeria international to injury with two defeats to the Rossoneri, while they struggled to secure a win over one of the unfancied teams in the Italian top-flight, Lecce.
Napoli created a couple of chances in the game against AC Milan but lacked a clinical striker to convert them.
Hargreaves has highlighted that the Parthenopeans do not have enough squad depth compared to their rivals for the Champions League trophy and reckons that Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia are the spine of the Napoli team.
While Osimhen has been involved in 30 goals across all competitions so far this season, the Georgian dazzler also has 30 goal involvements to his name.
“I don’t think they have the quality to replace Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen. If you look at the teams, you look at Real Madrid and Manchester City, those type of teams the amount of depth they have, five or six players,” Hargreaves told BT Sport.
“Napoli are a brilliant team to watch but without two or three star players, no Kim and as Eni said no Osimhen. Anguissa is a huge blow to Spalletti.”
Osimhen who has four goals in five Champions League games remains the leading scorer in Serie A this season with 21 goals.
The 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup winner looks forward to April 18 when the Partenopeans host the Rossoneri at the Diego Maradona Stadium, Naples, in the reverse fixture.