First choice striker of the senior national team of Nigeria Victor Osimhen is a huge doubt for the team’s upcoming AFCON 2025 qualifiers games against Libya on the 11th and 15th of October respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen opened his goal account for his loan side Galatasaray with a brace in their 3-3 draw against Kasimpasa, but had to go off injured with a hamstring injury that will see him miss their game in the Europa League against Latvian side FK Rīgas Futbola Skola on Thursday.
Galatasaray are optimistic that he will be back in action when they play against Alanyaspor on Sunday, If he doesn’t suffer any setback with the striker also stressing that it isn’t anything serious to keep him out for a while.
However if he fails to recover properly, there is a strong chance that he will be left out of the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON qualifiers, with plans already underway for a likely replacement.
For now the odd is firmly in favor of Gent forward Tolu Arokodare who has been mentioned to the coach by his sources in Belgium. It is still not clear if he will eventually get the nod per what we exclusively gathered.
