The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has rejected Galatasaray’s request regarding striker, Victor Osimhen.
Galatasaray had requested the NFF to prevent Osimhen from playing Nigeria’s matches against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau later in the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiers this month.
Nigeria will face Madagascar on 25 September and Guinea-Bissau on 29 September.
However, according to SCORENigeria, the NFF rejected the request, stating that they needed the former Napoli hitman for the crucial matches against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau.
This comes Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle called up Osimhen to the Nigerian national team squad for the AFCON qualifiers.
Osimhen is currently recovering from a groin injury, and he will miss Galatasaray’s match against Trabzonspor on Saturday.