Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, held up a shirt with the inscription “ End Police Brutality in Nigeria” to celebrate his first goal in Serie A as a Napoli player.
Osimhen scored the goal with a superb finish against Atalanta in the 43rd minute.
Earlier , the player had tweeted in support of # EndSARS protesters in Nigeria .
Napoli paid French club Lille a club record fee of up to 80 million euros ( $ 94 . 6 million ) to bring Nigeria forward to southern Italy on a five -year deal .
The total fee is almost double Napoli ’s previous club record of around 40 million euros paid for Gonzalo Higuain in 2013 and Hirving Lozano last year .
Osimhen scored 18 times last season and was one of the revelations of France ’s curtailed campaign with 13 Ligue 1 goals as Lille finished fourth .
Napoli finished seventh in Serie A and qualified for the Europa League after winning the Italian Cup, their first trophy in six years .
Gennaro Gattuso’ s Napoli are hoping to get back on track after their aborted trip to Juventus before the international break .
They did not turn up for the game in Turin after two positive coronavirus cases .
As a result , they were handed a 3 -0 defeat and docked a point, a setback for a side who won their first two game this season.
