The late arrival of Victor Osimhen to the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria for their upcoming AFCON qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively completed the number of players in the team’s camp to 23, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen’s arrival was delayed due to his late loan move to Galatasaray from Napoli. It means he missed three of their sessions in the build up to the game against Benin Republic on Saturday in Uyo.
The drama surrounding his exit from Napoli made head coach of the team to keep him away from all of their pre season games, and all their competitive games of the season so far both in the Serie A and cup games.
He is in the camp of the team without a minute of either test games or competitive games for the past three months, and that has led to questions on if the 25 year old should retain his spot as the first choice striker of the team by starting on Saturday.
” It isn’t ideal to start Osimhen because of his match fitness level. He hasn’t played any test game or competitive games for a while, so you can throw him into the starting lineup like that at least for the game against Benin Republic”, Efe Ambrose a member of the 2013 AFCON winning team told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” Osimhen is needed in the team but when he is fully fit. He can be a substitute in the second half of the game but it’s not my decision or yours to make. We can only voice our opinion and let the coaches do their job as appropriate”.
