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M7even:
Nope, he might want to leave ..but having Chelle say ít might have caused an uproar and panic amongst Galatasaray fans, hence the damage control by on his X-Men influencer

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bro say na X-Men influencer

France vs Senegal Group I WC Opener...

A repeat of 2002 WC Opener OTD, May 31, 2002.

https://x.com/i/status/2061099685293486325

SymphonyRad:
Exactly, Portugal will roll out their heavyweights and they are easily a top 3 best national team in the world...a window like this would have been Chells's biggest game of his managerial career and a chance to test his best players against the very best in the world...but alas, his best players let him down. I could see the sinking disappointment on his face when he was asked about the Portugal and Poland games.

Well, my point was that if Osimhen was being selective, this grade of games should be motivation. Not just for him but for Lookman.

Time will tell

I thought he joined Atletico in january

minfelix:
so players going to the world cup in Athletico madrid team do not deserve to rest abi?

Football is power,this little boy was crying and i was like sey this boy go cry if he failed exam,i doubt

Subzero047:
I want to say something about Lookman and Azeez but I'm sure this thread will kill me

Say it. We will kill you but you will not die. Point is speak your mind. I guess you want to say Azeez is better than Lookman

Odunayaw:
Ah na Alhassan score a strikers goal like this!

E curl am wella.

Cape Verde 3-0 Serbia
A big result for the little west African island.

Poland 0-2 Ukraine
Our next match opponent lost to their neighbour. They will definitely want to make up for the loss in their next match . It is up to us to further drill that stake into their hearts.

junnyjake:
We can't win Portugal.

but a draw is possible abi?

Paul Onuachu wins Goal of the season for 2025/26 in the Trendyol Super Lig

Siz seçtiniz, o kazandı. 👑

Trendyol Süper Lig’de 2025-26 Sezonunun en güzel golünün sahibi belli oldu! ✅

𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋 𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐔! ⚽✨#TrendyolSüperLig I #FutbolaAşığızKüfüreKarşıyız | @Trabzonspor pic.twitter.com/WyCekIqRVg

— Trendyol Süper Lig (@superlig) May 31, 2026

Mujtahida:
E curl am wella.

The thing shock me. I know say na midfield operator so the technique shock me

Kog45:
Football is power,this little boy was crying and i was like sey this boy go cry if he failed exam,i doubt

I cried like mad when Di Maria scored late at 2008 Olympics. My only other final before that had Messi ruin it in 2005.
Hated Argentina from then till 2022 WC

Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu (2x NPFL Champ) and Super Eagles' Newest Star Recruitment, Femi Azeez.

Femi Azeez showed his defensive side vs Jamaica. At a point he was seen defending deep in the RB Space helping Chibueze Oputa. Solid all round industry. He has already keyed into the "run and play" mentality of Chelle.

Femi Azeez play like Di mario of Argentina



He will not be available for the match against Poland and Portugal

Coach Fidelis and his 2 Rangers' League-winning Fullbacks (Chibueze Oputa and Kenneth Igboke) who played back to back 90s at the Unity Cup.

Oputa bagged 6 assists in the league for Rangers in 2025/26.

Osimhen has responded

I'm not quite sure of what to make of Osimhen's absence from the upcoming friendlies. Chelle's justification was that Osimhen "may have to change clubs." But if we're to go by the actual reporting from Galatasaray itself, the club confirmed three weeks ago that they have made a firm decision to keep Osimhen for the 2026-27 season, closing off any prospect of a summer departure despite reported interest from teams like Madrid and Barca. They also structured a multi-layered commercial financing model to sustain his €21 million annual wage package, sourcing funds from merchandise revenue and sponsorship agreements to name just a few. So as of three weeks ago, Galatasaray's public position was that he's staying, and I guess that was that. And yet somehow a transfer concern urgent enough to pull him from two high-profile international friendlies has materialised?

The way I see it, there's a clear and obvious discrepancy here. The optimistic reading here is that something has shifted dramatically in the last few weeks with top clubs like Barcelona pushing hard (which is possible given the noise around him). The pessimistic reading is that Osimhen simply didn't want to come.

I'm not sure which angle is more credible at the moment, but do I blame people for piling on Osimhen about this? Not really. Let's look at the pattern here.

When we had our decisive World Cup play-off final against DR Congo, Osimhen hobbled off at half-time and we struggled in his absence. We went on to play rubbish and lost on penalties, missing a World Cup for the second successive time. Obviously, not his fault. He was injured. I personally have -- and will always -- attribute that loss to the poor physical condition of the players who refused to train because of NFF's politics and the poor timing of the strike. As for Osimhen, he had already missed 2-3 qualifying games due to injury, when we had become far too reliant on him during that campaign. Then at AFCON 2025, even when he was there, in the round of 16 win over Mozambique, Osimhen was seen in a heated exchange with Lookman after a misunderstanding. He asked to be substituted and was also the first to leave the dressing room when the teams were leaving the stadium.

Now, to his credit, Osimhen responded in the very next game against Algeria with a complete centre-forward performance , scoring, assisting, combining effectively with Lookman, and winning Man of the Match. Any talk of division was firmly put to rest by the unity Nigeria showed on the pitch. That's the complicated thing about him: on his best days, he is the heartbeat of that squad. The quality is not the question. The question is reliability and engagement. It feels like he misses out at the most crucial moments, and I understand the grievance of the Nigerian fans who feel some type of way about this.

Some people here will say, "Well what about Lookman?" And I would respond that there is genuinely nothing to fault with him here. He had a serious season with a club that has been proactive and formal in protecting his workload. He played his heart out at AFCON, and even though he had a poor WC qualifying run, I could see the passion in his play, even though his form was terrible. The NFF arguably had this coming after ignoring Atletico's concerns in March. Lookman is not the story.

For Osimhen, the picture that has built up over the last 18 months is of a player whose relationship with the Super Eagles is increasingly conditional. The injury absences during qualifying -- some genuinely unavoidable -- the AFCON incident, the early dressing room exit, and now a transfer-uncertainty excuse that doesn't fully square with reporting from three weeks ago. I mean, surely it's not hard to see why people are upset. What it says about Osimhen is not that he doesn't care. I personally don't think that's true. We've watched him show up and performs at his best when he does show up. But there's a growing pattern of his club priorities, his commercial situation, his personal circumstances taking precedence over Nigeria duty in a way that goes beyond what even other elite African internationals accept.

Sadio Mané played in a World Cup qualifier days after his father died. Didier Drogba turned up for the Ivory Coast through chaos. Osimhen is a generational Nigerian talent who, at 27 and in his prime, has chosen not to play against Poland and Portugal because of..... a transfer situation that his club publicly says doesn't exist right now?

I mean, come on.

Imagine the most talented midfielder in npfl 🤣🤣🤣🤣

NasirIbnLaAhad:
I'm not quite sure of what to make of Osimhen's absence from the upcoming friendlies. Chelle's justification was that Osimhen "may have to change clubs." But if we're to go by the actual reporting from Galatasaray itself, the club confirmed three weeks ago that they have made a firm decision to keep Osimhen for the 2026-27 season, closing off any prospect of a summer departure despite reported interest from teams like Madrid and Barca. They also structured a multi-layered commercial financing model to sustain his €21 million annual wage package, sourcing funds from merchandise revenue and sponsorship agreements to name just a few. So as of three weeks ago, Galatasaray's public position was that he's staying, and I guess that was that. And yet somehow a transfer concern urgent enough to pull him from two high-profile international friendlies has materialised?

The way I see it, there's a clear and obvious discrepancy here. The optimistic reading here is that something has shifted dramatically in the last few weeks with top clubs like Barcelona pushing hard (which is possible given the noise around him). The pessimistic reading is that Osimhen simply didn't want to come.

I'm not sure which angle is more credible at the moment, but do I blame people for piling on Osimhen about this? Not really. Let's look at the pattern here.

When we had our decisive World Cup play-off final against DR Congo, Osimhen hobbled off at half-time and we struggled in his absence. We went on to play rubbish and lost on penalties, missing a World Cup for the second successive time. Obviously, not his fault. He was injured. I personally have -- and will always -- attribute that loss to the poor physical condition of the players who refused to train because of NFF's politics and the poor timing of the strike. As for Osimhen, he had already missed 2-3 qualifying games due to injury, when we had become far too reliant on him during that campaign. Then at AFCON 2025, even when he was there, in the round of 16 win over Mozambique, Osimhen was seen in a heated exchange with Lookman after a misunderstanding. He asked to be substituted and was also the first to leave the dressing room when the teams were leaving the stadium.

Now, to his credit, Osimhen responded in the very next game against Algeria with a complete centre-forward performance , scoring, assisting, combining effectively with Lookman, and winning Man of the Match. Any talk of division was firmly put to rest by the unity Nigeria showed on the pitch. That's the complicated thing about him: on his best days, he is the heartbeat of that squad. The quality is not the question. The question is reliability and engagement. It feels like he misses out at the most crucial moments, and I understand the grievance of the Nigerian fans who feel some type of way about this.

Some people here will say, "Well what about Lookman?" And I would respond that there is genuinely nothing to fault with him here. He had a serious season with a club that has been proactive and formal in protecting his workload. He played his heart out at AFCON, and even though he had a poor WC qualifying run, I could see the passion in his play, even though his form was terrible. The NFF arguably had this coming after ignoring Atletico's concerns in March. Lookman is not the story.

For Osimhen, the picture that has built up over the last 18 months is of a player whose relationship with the Super Eagles is increasingly conditional. The injury absences during qualifying -- some genuinely unavoidable -- the AFCON incident, the early dressing room exit, and now a transfer-uncertainty excuse that doesn't fully square with reporting from three weeks ago. I mean, surely it's not hard to see why people are upset. What it says about Osimhen is not that he doesn't care. I personally don't think that's true. We've watched him show up and performs at his best when he does show up. But there's a growing pattern of his club priorities, his commercial situation, his personal circumstances taking precedence over Nigeria duty in a way that goes beyond what even other elite African internationals accept.

Sadio Mané played in a World Cup qualifier days after his father died. Didier Drogba turned up for the Ivory Coast through chaos. Osimhen is a generational Nigerian talent who, at 27 and in his prime, has chosen not to play against Poland and Portugal because of..... a transfer situation that his club publicly says doesn't exist right now?

I mean, come on.

I'm just happy that the team is finally learning how to produce results in his presence or absence. We're no longer a one-man team. And to be honest, he needs some serious competition in the CF position. So far, I can't see anyone who's really turned up as a huge threat to that position.

Lookman came in January to a new team and went straight to play, then travelled to Jordan for those two friendlies. Lookman shouldn't be your problem, Osimhen should!

minfelix:
so players going to the world cup in Athletico madrid team do not deserve to rest abi?

I don't pity him! He is not a normal footballer! A player any team should die to have! Shame on Liverpool!

opes:
Osimhen has responded

NasirIbnLaAhad:
I'm not quite sure of what to make of Osimhen's absence from the upcoming friendlies. Chelle's justification was that Osimhen "may have to change clubs." But if we're to go by the actual reporting from Galatasaray itself, the club confirmed three weeks ago that they have made a firm decision to keep Osimhen for the 2026-27 season, closing off any prospect of a summer departure despite reported interest from teams like Madrid and Barca. They also structured a multi-layered commercial financing model to sustain his €21 million annual wage package, sourcing funds from merchandise revenue and sponsorship agreements to name just a few. So as of three weeks ago, Galatasaray's public position was that he's staying, and I guess that was that. And yet somehow a transfer concern urgent enough to pull him from two high-profile international friendlies has materialised?

The way I see it, there's a clear and obvious discrepancy here. The optimistic reading here is that something has shifted dramatically in the last few weeks with top clubs like Barcelona pushing hard (which is possible given the noise around him). The pessimistic reading is that Osimhen simply didn't want to come.

I'm not sure which angle is more credible at the moment, but do I blame people for piling on Osimhen about this? Not really. Let's look at the pattern here.

When we had our decisive World Cup play-off final against DR Congo, Osimhen hobbled off at half-time and we struggled in his absence. We went on to play rubbish and lost on penalties, missing a World Cup for the second successive time. Obviously, not his fault. He was injured. I personally have -- and will always -- attribute that loss to the poor physical condition of the players who refused to train because of NFF's politics and the poor timing of the strike. As for Osimhen, he had already missed 2-3 qualifying games due to injury, when we had become far too reliant on him during that campaign. Then at AFCON 2025, even when he was there, in the round of 16 win over Mozambique, Osimhen was seen in a heated exchange with Lookman after a misunderstanding. He asked to be substituted and was also the first to leave the dressing room when the teams were leaving the stadium.

Now, to his credit, Osimhen responded in the very next game against Algeria with a complete centre-forward performance , scoring, assisting, combining effectively with Lookman, and winning Man of the Match. Any talk of division was firmly put to rest by the unity Nigeria showed on the pitch. That's the complicated thing about him: on his best days, he is the heartbeat of that squad. The quality is not the question. The question is reliability and engagement. It feels like he misses out at the most crucial moments, and I understand the grievance of the Nigerian fans who feel some type of way about this.

Some people here will say, "Well what about Lookman?" And I would respond that there is genuinely nothing to fault with him here. He had a serious season with a club that has been proactive and formal in protecting his workload. He played his heart out at AFCON, and even though he had a poor WC qualifying run, I could see the passion in his play, even though his form was terrible. The NFF arguably had this coming after ignoring Atletico's concerns in March. Lookman is not the story.

For Osimhen, the picture that has built up over the last 18 months is of a player whose relationship with the Super Eagles is increasingly conditional. The injury absences during qualifying -- some genuinely unavoidable -- the AFCON incident, the early dressing room exit, and now a transfer-uncertainty excuse that doesn't fully square with reporting from three weeks ago. I mean, surely it's not hard to see why people are upset. What it says about Osimhen is not that he doesn't care. I personally don't think that's true. We've watched him show up and performs at his best when he does show up. But there's a growing pattern of his club priorities, his commercial situation, his personal circumstances taking precedence over Nigeria duty in a way that goes beyond what even other elite African internationals accept.

Sadio Mané played in a World Cup qualifier days after his father died. Didier Drogba turned up for the Ivory Coast through chaos. Osimhen is a generational Nigerian talent who, at 27 and in his prime, has chosen not to play against Poland and Portugal because of..... a transfer situation that his club publicly says doesn't exist right now?

I mean, come on.

It is just a pair of friendlies. People are looking too much into things. Let's us build a squad that does not hinge on Osimhen, Lookman nor any single player. It'll serve us well in the future.

Papi85:
Imagine the most talented midfielder in npfl 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Let Chriskels come and remind you to leave childish things.
Because what is the point of this message

Hmmm Senegal

Ppogbae:
It is just a pair of friendlies. People are looking too much into things. Let's us build a squad that does not hinge on Osimhen, Lookman nor any single player. It'll serve us well in the future.

If there s way to like this comment over an over again, I would liked it 1000 times over,

Some of us here are too emotional without knowing, thank you this beautiful comment of yours it just sum up everything, 🙏🙏

Odunayaw:
Let Chriskels come and remind you to leave childish things.
Because what is the point of this message

over serious ancestor I hail 👊

USA taking Senegal apart... 2-0

Bara Ndiaye (18) in midfield and 3rd choice GK Mory Diaw are the only reserves faces in the Senegal Starting XI. The rest are starters/first team regulars.

First XI attack (Mane, Jackson, Iliman)✅️

Midfield (Lamine Camara and Habib Diarra)✅️

Defence (Jakobs, Seck, M.Sarr, Krepin)✅️

TheSuperNerd:
USA taking Senegal apart... 2-0

Bara Ndiaye (18) in midfield and 3rd choice GK Mory Diaw are the only reserves faces in the Senegal Starting XI. The rest are starters/first team regulars.

First XI attack (Mane, Jackson, Iliman)✅️

Midfield (Lamine Camara and Habib Diarra)✅️

Defence (Jakobs, Seck, M.Sarr, Krepin)✅️

Senegal look very shaky in that defence

SymphonyRad:
Senegal look very shaky in that defence

They just pulled one back. 2-1 now.

Senegal pull one back before halftime

Habib Diarra 🅰️
Sadio Mane ⚽️

USA 2-1 Senegal

TheSuperNerd:
USA taking Senegal apart... 2-0

Bara Ndiaye (18) in midfield and 3rd choice GK Mory Diaw are the only reserves faces in the Senegal Starting XI. The rest are starters/first team regulars.

First XI attack (Mane, Jackson, Iliman)✅️

Midfield (Lamine Camara and Habib Diarra)✅️

Defence (Jakobs, Seck, M.Sarr, Krepin)✅️

King Mane pulls one back

This is more like Senegal