A note of warning has been sounded to the first choice striker of the senior national team of Nigeria Victor Osimhen from a former star of the team in the wake of his recent verbal attack on former coach of the team Finidi George. OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen went on his page on Instagram to fire back at the coach on a report credited to the coach, where his commitment to the team was questioned after missing their recent games which was the 1-1 draw against South Africa and the 1-2 defeat to Benin Republic in the 2026 world cup qualifiers.
Finidi has resigned from his post, but according to former Super Eagles star defender Taribo West such kind of misconduct cost him a move to Manchester United and Arsenal respectively, as there then coaches feels he will be too toxic for their dressing room. …CONTINUE READING
Taribo threw his jersey at then coach of Inter Milan Mircea Lucescu when he was subbed off in a game against Vicenza and according to the defender that cost him a move to Arsenal, with Wenger the
legendary Arsenal manger making reference to that
same incident.
He said it was the same situation at Manchester United with sir Alex Ferguson also passing on the chance to have him in his team on account of that same incident. He advised Osimhen to calm down and not make the same mistake like he did.
“Your character can close your door. He should calm his head down because there is life after football”he warned.” The young man should know how these things works with coaches these days. They take a lot of things to heart and use them in making decisions. I was affected by it and I
Nouldn’t want him to experience the same thing as he is expected to move in the summer”, West concluded in a radio chat monitored by OwnGoalNigeria.com.
