Nigeria’s Sports activities Minister, John Enoh, has said that dealing with the current outburst by Napoli striker Victor Osimhen towards former Tremendous Eagles coach Finidi George is just not the instant precedence for the Nigeria Soccer Federation.
Addressing the state of affairs amongst each African Participant of the 12 months winners on Eagle7 FM Radio on Sunday, Enoh highlighted the necessity for the NFF to prioritize different urgent points inside Nigerian soccer, quite than being sidetracked by the Osimhen-Finidi controversy.
“There was a plethora of opinions on this. Osimhen is a Trojan for Nigeria, but it surely was a low,”Enoh stated.
“I instructed the NFF to not make a pronouncement on this earlier than they’ve engaged Osimhen. That is so particularly as a result of these will not be the most effective of instances for Nigerian soccer, and now we have to handle a whole lot of issues. The NFF should be targeted and never be distracted.”
The controversy started when Finidi was alleged to have questioned Osimhen’s dedication to the nationwide crew after the striker missed the 2026 World Cup qualifiers towards South Africa and the Benin Republic.
Finidi reportedly stated he couldn’t beg Osimhen to play for the crew after the participant withdrew from the qualifiers as a consequence of damage.
In response, Osimhen took to social media, claiming he had communicated his damage standing to Finidi and had supplied to affix the crew in camp with out having to take to the pitch, which the previous coach declined.
Osimhen expressed his frustration, stating, “I knew issues like these would occur and that’s why I’ve the movies and screenshots of after I referred to as Finidi whereas I used to be with the physician in Germany.
“I requested Finidi George to permit me to stick with the gamers within the camp, however Finidi requested me to not hassle and that I ought to stick with my household. I’m not addressing something, all people is aware of I play my coronary heart out at any time when I’m enjoying for the membership or nationwide crew. I’ll share the screenshot and movies of my dialog with Finidi for the sake of these believing what Finidi stated.”
Regardless of the backlash he has acquired after his feedback on social media, Osimhen has not apologized, and ex-Eagles coach Finidi has denied making such feedback concerning the 25-year-old.