Osimhen’s rant against Finidi a moment of madness – Pinnick

Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick has described Victor Osimhen’s recent outburst against former Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George “a moment of madness”.

It will be recalled the Napoli striker had taken to social media to blast Finidi for reportedly questioning his dedication to the Super Eagles after he pulled out of the team’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and the Benin Republic.

The Super Eagles played out a 1-1 draw with Bafana Bafana of South Africa while they lost 2-1 to the Cheetahs of Benin Republic.

Pinnick who spoke on Arise TV revealed he spoke with Osimhen and expressed disappointment over the footballer’s action.

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“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.

“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,” he said.