Saturday, June 15, 2024 -Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has called out former coach, Finidi George over an alleged comment questioning the player's commitment to the Super Eagles.
This is coming after Finidi George
reportedly resigned as Super Eagles coach following the team’s woeful outing in
the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Earlier on Friday, June 14, it was claimed in several reports that Finidi
George allegedly questioned Osimhen's commitment to the squad after missing the
2026 World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and the Benin Republic.
Osimhen was not available for the two
qualifiers' matches after being sidelined for four weeks due to injury.
In the report seen on SCORENigeria, Finidi was alleged to have faulted the
commitment of some players before picking out Osimhen for making himself
unavailable.
He was quoted to have said he can’t beg
Osimhen to play for the national team after the player withdrew from their last
two 2026 World Cup qualifiers due to injury.
Reacting to the comments attributed to
Finidi, Osimhen claimed he reached out to Finidi about his injury, and had
wanted to fly down to be with the players in camp which the former coach
declined.
He said, “I knew things like these
would happen and that’s why I have the videos and screenshots of when I called
Finidi while I was with the doctor in Germany.
“I got injured in our (Napoli’s) last game
against Lecce and I went to the MRI scan. And I called Finidi there for him to
listen to the doctor too.
“I asked Finidi George to allow me stay with
the players in the camp, but Finidi asked me not to bother that I should stay
with my family.
“I’m not addressing anything, everybody
knows I play my heart out whenever I’m playing for the club or national team.
I’ll share the screenshot and videos of my conversation with Finidi for the
sake of those believing what Finidi said.
“I’ve lost respect for that man because before I disrespect anybody, I always
respect them.
VICTOR OSIMHEN calls out FINIDI GEORGE for allegedly saying he can't beg him to play for the Super Eagles (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/cd9tey5u2c
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) June 15, 2024
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