Newly signed Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen should tender a public apology to the former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Finidi George before playing for the team again after his public rant against the coach.
This opinion was shared by former Super Eagles defender Emeka Ezeugo who said the manner which Osimhen insulted Finidi and other followers of the team should be properly addressed, before the AFCON qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda respectively.
Expected to play in both games, Osimhen went live on his Instagram page to call out the former coach following a report, that says his commitment to the Super Eagles was questioned by the coach after he missed the world cup qualifiers with a knock.
” I saw the video even yesterday and we are going to let a player with such low manners for his coach play again for the team just like that ?. I don’t think it’s proper unless he is footing the bills of some big wigs in the NFF”, Ezeugo told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” Of course you can’t stop a player from playing for his country but you have to instill discipline by doing the right thing. Everyone is acting like nothing happened and it shouldn’t be the case. Osimhen should use the same channel to apologize to not just Finidi but Nigerians. That was classless”, he stated.
Ezeugo who played for Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup also said the senior players in the team should be ashamed of themselves, and should share the blame for the striker’s misconduct to the former coach.
” When you have senior players in the team like the captain and the leadership group and something like this is about to be swept under the carpet, then you have to question their competence. In my days this won’t happen and elsewhere it shouldn’t happen even now. The leadership group need to question themselves shamefully”.
