Former Beşiktaş and Turkey winger, Nihat Kahveci, has praised Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen after the Nigerian impressed on his Galatasaray debut, Soccernet.ng reports.
The Napoli loanee provided an assist in Galatasaray’s 5-0 win over Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Super Lig, drawing praise from Kahveci.
“I didn’t see Osimhen as lacking in physicality. He showed what an athletic player he is. I saw his jumping advantage in all the cut balls. Goals were expected from Osimhen. Batshuayi gave him a very nice pass, I think he hit the ball correctly with the inside of his foot and the goalkeeper saved it. Apart from that, did he get into many clear positions? Galatasaray players did not get him into many positions like that,” the ex-Besiktas man told Yenisafak in quotes revealed by Complete Sports.
“On the defensive side of things, I really liked his directing the ball to the goalkeeper and defenders when it came to him, and his defensive role and struggle in those areas when the ball was in Rizespor. Osimhen scores a lot of goals. He searches a lot, he is very active. He is always involved. If you create more positions for him, he will score a lot of goals in Galatasaray,” the 44-year-old concluded.
Osimhen scored in Nigeria’s 3-0 win over the Republic of Benin during the September International break, but didn’t feature against Rwanda due to fitness issues.