He refused to play left-back – Super Eagles star names player who disrespected Finidi and not Osimhen

The recent outburst by the Nigerian senior team’s top striker, Victor Osimhen, directed at the team’s former coach, Finidi George, has topped the agenda among the team’s fans. Own goal Nigeria.com reports.

Osimhen responded to comments allegedly made by the coach contained in a report, where the coach questioned his commitment to the team after he missed the last two matches of the World Cup qualifiers due to an injury he suffered while on duty with Naples.

His outburst did not go down well with many people, including the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) hierarchy, and if not for the intervention of the Minister of Sports, he would have been suspended from the team.

Talking about the indiscipline in the team, a player who was part of the squad in the last matches against South Africa and Benin Republic, where they drew 1-1 and lost 1-2 respectively, said that Calvin Bassey should be the one to bear the brunt . and not Osimhen.

Bassey refused to play at left back against Benin Republic. It was after we lost 2-1 that he agreed to change there. The way we played in the second half was how we intended to start the game, but Bassey openly refused to play left back. That’s the height for me,” he said. OwnGoalNigeria.com.

“When he refused to play at left-back, the coaches had to design a new formation for the match which failed in the first half. Our original formation was the one we played in the second half and we did much better,” he concluded.