Former Tremendous Eagles striker Brown Ideye has contacted Victor Osimhen to criticize him for his current on-line assault on coach Finidi George, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Ideye, a key participant in Nigeria’s 2013 Africa Cup of Nations win, strongly condemned Osimhen’s actions and urged the Napoli ahead to publicly apologize to Finidi, a revered determine in Nigerian soccer.
Final week, Osimhen took to Instagram Reside to criticize then-Tremendous Eagles head coach Finidi, accusing him of questioning his dedication to the nationwide staff. Finidi has denied these allegations and has since resigned from his position as head coach.
Osimhen’s outburst has sparked widespread reactions amongst Nigerian soccer followers and stakeholders.
Brown Ideye, talking on The Naija Football Conference by way of the social audio platform X House, careworn the significance of direct communication over public outbursts.
“What Victor did is unsuitable,” Ideye famous. “Lots of people can say he needed to defend himself. What are you defending, who’re you attempting to clarify to that you’ve an harm?
“You don’t want to clarify to folks that you’ve an harm that’s why you’re not in camp. Name the coach to see if he actually stated what he stated earlier than going on the market to your social media platforms.”
Ideye revealed he had personally reached out to Osimhen after the incident, expressing his disappointment and advising him to apologize.
He emphasised the significance of professionalism and the duty that comes with representing Nigeria.
“I instructed him I’m disillusioned in you however what you need to do is to return to that social media and apologize to Nigerians and Finidi as a result of irrespective of how we wish to say it he’s a legend,” Ideye continued.
“He cleared the highway for you want we usually say in Nigeria so that you don’t disrespect folks like that.
“Africa’s finest participant don’t behave the way in which you behave. I spoke to him you don’t behave like that. You may have 2.7 million folks watching you in your (Instagram) Reside and you might be ranting, speaking down on a legend.”
Osimhen is Nigeria’s third-highest goalscorer with 21 targets and performed a big position in Nigeria reaching the ultimate of the 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire.
On the all-time prime scoring listing, the Napoli striker is one aim behind 1980 AFCON winner Segun Odegbami and desires 16 targets to catch late goal-king Rashidi Yekini.