Head coach of Galatasaray Okan Buruk has decided against including Nigeria international forward Victor Osimhen in his squad for tomorrow’s UEFA Champions League game against Eintracht Frankfurt, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Osimhen returned from international duty with Nigeria with an ankle injury picked up very early into the 1-0 win against Rwanda in Uyo on the 6th of September in a world cup qualifiers game.
He was subsequently left out of the team that played a 1-1 draw against South Africa three days later. He returned to his club and took part in first team training four days ago.
After the training Buruk revealed that the Nigerian is still in pains, but will be assessed ahead of the UEFA champions league game on Thursday in Germany.
“Osimhen’s situation will become clear in a few days. He has pains, we’ll see if he can manage. Icardi is not at one hundred percent either. I wanted to keep it shorter, but our need for a goal extended the duration”, he said.
But despite openly citing the need to have the Nigerian available in the absence of Icardi, he has now decided to leave him out totally by not including him in the team for tomorrow’s game. Their first in this season UEFA champions league.
