Osimhen’s future in Turkey remains uncertain, but he will see out the rest of his season-long loan in Istanbul.
The Napoli striker is known for his bad character off the pitch, possess lack of indiscipline especially to football authorities and media.
Late las year. Osimhen disgraced his country fans and head coach of the national team then George Finidi, accusing the former coach wrongly over his comments on his commitment towards 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
It was reported that Osimhen was injured for the games, but Finidi maintained the striker could still have managed to play the matches, which the former handler denied of such comment.
“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,” he reacted on Instagram.
“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.”
He added: “I have lost every respect I have for him (Finidi).”
He continued: “Ogun (Thunder) will kill everybody, all of una wey dey talk rubbish”.
After few weeks, Finidi resigned as the national team coach due to bad outing indeed but Osimhen was praised for his wrong doing and covered his indiscipline with goals for the national team.
Despite his lack of respect for his national team coach, Osimhen may have landed himself in trouble after reports from Turkey claimed he had a violent altercation with journalists at an Istanbul nightclub.
Osimhen is in Turkey on a season-long loan move from Napoli after a frustrating summer transfer window where he failed to secure a permanent transfer away from the club.
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Osimhen featured in Galatasaray’s 3-3 draw against Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Europa League, scoring his team’s third goal from the penalty spot, but Gala bottled the lead.
According to Patronlar Dunyasi, the Nigerian forward was at the Tofes 99 Sports Bar in Maslak 1453 with his friend and partied all night despite his below-par performance.
He reportedly spotted sports journalists who took pictures of him, and he approached them, asking them to delete the images, and turned down the atmosphere violently.
“If I see this footage anywhere, I will destroy you,” he allegedly threatened after punching the camera and asking that the footages be deleted.
The same publication claimed that when the reporters did not yield to his threats, he allegedly attempted to bribe them to delete the pictures.
The sports personalities were TV100 cameraman Ömer Can and reporter İsmail Zen, Posta Newspaper reporter Tolga Bozduman and Evren Abdullahoğlu from Sabah Newspaper.
The incident happened on January 21, which was a day of national mourning in Turkey after a fire incident at a hotel in Kartalkaya, which killed 79 people
51 people were also injured in the incident, including children. The Turkish government launched an investigation and have detained 11 people in relation to the fire.
It was not the first time that the striker had been caught in violent incidents at a nightclub, relating to his wanting to maintain a low profile in a public place.
As noted by Corriere dello Sport, a video emerged of Osimhen engaged in a violent altercation with fans who were filming him at the club in August 2024.
This happened during the time discussions around his future were uncertain and he had been left out of pre-season by Antonio Conte. He escaped punishment despite initial claims the manager was furious
It remains to be seen what action Turkish champions Galatasaray will take, having not responded publicly to the allegations
