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Super Eagles head coach Finidi George has said he can't beg the team's poster boy, Victor Osimhen, to play for the team in the ongoing World Cup qualifiers.
This comes amidst widespread backlash following the Super Eagles' underwhelming performance, which saw the team take fifth place in the six-team table.
Finidi George complains about Victor Osimhen.
Credit: @victorosimhenSource: Instagram
Recall that the Super Eagles failed to win any of their first four games against Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Benin in the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers.
Opening up about the upheaval he encountered in his first few weeks in control of the Super Eagles, Finidi stated that he has had little backing from his employers, the NFF, and he has not hesitated to criticise the players' dedication to the national team's mission.
According to SCORENigeria, Finidi used Osimhen to emphasise the importance of the Super Eagles' top players remaining totally dedicated to the team.
Osimhen was unavailable for the two crucial World Cup qualifiers, with an official reason that he was injured and out for four weeks.
Finidi said the Napoli striker could still have managed to play these matches.
The coach will go on to say that it appears that Osimhen chooses the games he plays for Nigeria and he cannot beg him to play for his country," the source said.
The former Enyimba coach also lamented the team's complete lack of discipline and was extremely upset with how the players arrived at training camp for the key World Cup qualifiers.
He stated that many of these players have the support of some powerful NFF Board members, and that sanctioning them became increasingly difficult because he was repeatedly informed that a player "belonged" to a certain "big man".
Source: Legit.ng
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