Jonathan Nwokpor
Victor Osimhen’s recent rant against former Super Eagles head coach Finidi George has been deemed “unfortunate” by former NFF President Amaju Pinnick.
Osimhen criticised Finidi for withdrawing from the Super Eagles’ 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and the Benin Republic, allegedly raising doubts about his commitment to the team.
The Super Eagles fell 2-1 to the Benin Republic’s Cheetahs while drawing 1-1 with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
The squad might potentially miss out on a spot at the Mundial for the second time in a row due to the unsatisfactory results.
Pinnick said that he discussed his unhappiness with Osimhen’s behaviour during their conversation.
“Let me dwell on Osimhen’s case. It was quite unfortunate. That ranting was so unfortunate. I put a call through to Osimhen and I made him understand that I didn’t like what he did and he spoke to me with remorse. And I told him to channel his remorse to the appropriate quarters,” Pinnick said on Arise TV.
“Osimhen has always come to me, we discovered Osimhen. It was during my first tenure. In fact, that was the first trophy I won as the president of NFF when he led us to Chile and he was the highest goal scorer.
“I don’t know what went wrong. It was just a moment of madness so to speak. But, that is not the Osimhen that I know. Osimhen comes to me as a very humble boy, I don’t know others and we have maintained that relationship. “
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