The recent rant by the top striker of the senior national team of Nigeria Victor Osimhen has drawn reactions from a former golden boy of the senior national team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen went live on his official Instagram handle to have a go at the erstwhile coach of the Super Eagles Finidi George over comments that he allegedly made questioning the commitment of the Napoli ace, after he missed the team’s two world cup qualifiers games against South Africa and Benin Republic respectively.
His rants drew him a lot of criticism with people calling on him to apologize to the coach, something sources say he did privately but up till date he hasn’t gone public with his apology. One time Super Eagles fast rising start Etim Esin has warned him not to let indiscipline ruin his career like it did to him.
Nicknamed the “African Maradona” Esin saw his career nosedived massively following a rape allegation that saw him leave Belgium when he was close to a breakthrough.
His record of indiscipline is well documented and he has warned Osimhen to take his case as a good example of how indiscipline can stop a player from reaching the peak of his career.
“A coach can make or mar you in terms of indiscipline, and I think one of my pitfalls was indiscipline,” Esin told Elegbete TV.
“You haven’t played the World Cup. You haven’t won AFCON; you just won the African Footballer of The Year, and you are ranting like this.
“Look at all the transfer saga going on. Now, they are looking for a swap deal, making your life difficult. Which African Footballer of the Year has been involved in a swap deal? Yekini, Amuneke, Ikpeba and co, signed them straight up.
“I think Osimhen should sit down and even come and ask someone like me what indiscipline has cost me in football. Thank God it hasn’t cost my life.
He rounded it up with a word of advice for the 25 year old. “Go to where you are from and build an academy. Raise another star, if they can’t play football, give them scholarships. That’s what his team should advise him to do. I’m not coming here showing off with music stars. I used to do that, but it would derail him.
“By now, his deal should have been closed. The window is almost over.”
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman