Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen was stretchered off in Napoli’ s 4-2 defeat at Atalanta on Sunday , after he collapsed in the final minute of the encounter.
The 21- year -old , who was making his 10th Serie A appearance for Napoli since he joined the club for a record €70m , including add – ons and bonuses, fell awkwardly and bumped the back of his head on the ground .
He seemed to lose consciousness and was rushed off on a stretcher to a nearby ambulance as calls were made for oxygen.
A Sky Sport Italia pitch -side reporter revealed that Osimhen lost consciousness.
“ It ’ s not clear what happened . He was down for a while , people thought he was injured , but then the players and staff started calling for oxygen, ” he wrote.
“ He was put onto the stretcher and rushed off the field into the ambulance . ”
It was learnt that the former Lille striker regained consciousness after he was attended to by the club ’ s medics, but Napoli are yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
