The top striker of the senior national team of Nigeria Victor Osimhen has fired back at reports which claimed that recently replaced coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Finidi George questioned his commitment to the team.
Finidi who was demoted from his role as coach after the games against South Africa and Benin Republic where they drew 1-1 before losing 2-1 to the countries mentioned respectively, tendered his resignation earlier today.
The coach was said to have told sources close to him that the Napoli striker didn’t show enough commitment to play in either one of the two games. Osimhen didn’t take it lightly and responded with a heavy tirade on his page on social media platform Instagram.
Below is his reaction in a live video.
“The Super Eagles is not my father’s own, if this will cause me to stop playing for the Super Eagles, no problem. I called Finidi George when he was appointed and told him, let’s do great things together.
I call my teammates before match to encourage them but after two bad games, everyone is blaming me that wasn’t even part of the team.”
“I get injury, in the last minute of our last match, I had an ankle injury that was confirmed on MRI.
I knew things like this would happen, I called Finidi immediately after meeting with the doctor and we both talked with Finidi.
I won’t allow any disrespect from anybody, I won’t allow that stain from anybody.
I always play my heart out for Nigeria”
“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.
Now after two bad games, everybody is now blaming me.
I know how many injuries I’ve played with for Nigeria and I played my heart out but after two bad games, everybody is attacking me.”
