Garba Lawal Reveals Why Victor Osimhen Is Not in Rashidi Yekini’s Class

Garba Lawal Reveals Why Victor Osimhen Is Not in Rashidi Yekini’s Class

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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  • Garba Lawal has made it clear that Victor Osimhen still have a long way to go as far as football is concerned
  • The former Super Eagles star explained that the Napoli man is not yet in the class of late Rashidi Yekini
  • Rashidi Yekini was one of the best strikers in the world during his active playing days scoring 37 goals for Nigeria

Former Super Eagles star Garba Lawal has cautioned people comparing Napoli striker Victor Osimhen with late Rashidi Yekini to desist from doing so going forward.

Victor Osimhen has been in the best form of his life in recent years and this helped him to make a mega million move to Napoli where he was impressive last season in the Serie A.

Victor Osimhen, Napoli, Super Eagles, Rashidi Yekini, Garba Lawal, Amokachi.
Garba Lawal says Victor Osimhen is not in the class of Yekini. Photo by Francesco Pecoraro
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And based on his impressive form, many have rated Victor Osimhen high and even putting him as the striker who is capable of breaking Yekini's record in the Super Eagles.

What is Rashidi Yekini's record in the Super Eagles?

Rashidi Yekini during his active playing days scored 37 goals for the Super Eagles, and 10 years after his death, no one has been able to break the record.

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Since 2017 that he broke into the Super Eagles squad, Victor Osimhen has played 22 games netting 15 goals.

According to the report in the Vanguard and Daily Post, Garba Lawal explained that Victor Osimhen needs ore time for him to get into the level of Yekini.

Garba Lawal's reaction about Osimhen's comparison with Yekini

“For him, he is just starting. So, he has to play like four, five seasons for you to see whether he is the man or not, you know. So, he has a long, long way to go.
“But for now, I believe he is the only striker that we have that can fight. I believe he wants to make a name and he wants to win everything.”

Osimhen drops big update on his future at Napoli after being ordered to leave training

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen confirmed that he is not ready to leave Italian side Napoli this summer despite being linked with a move to the Premier League.

This comes hours after the Nigerian was ordered to leave training by Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti following an altercation on the pitch.

During an open 11v11 training exercise, Leo Ostigard, who was picked in Osimhen’s team, was at the end of a hard tackle by Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.

This led to the Nigerian striker protesting and demanding a foul call in a very aggressive manner which made Spalletti livid and ordered him to leave the pitch.

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