Former Super Eagles star and 2013 AFCON winner Brown Ideye has hit out at Victor Osimhen for his social media rant about former national team head coach Finidi George.
Sports Buddy previously reported about the incident that saw Osimhen unleash a furious tirade on Instagram, criticizing former Super Eagles coach Finidi George.
Ideye on Victor Osimhen
Following the 25-year-old attacker’s Instagram Live outburst, Ideye said that he has reached out and counseled Osimhen to apologize to Finidi.
@IdeyeB also told us that.,
that he reached out to Osimhen, advising him to apologize to Finidi following his Instagram Live outburst.
"I told him I'm disappointed in you but what you have to do is to go back to that social media and apologize to Nigerians and Finidi because no pic.twitter.com/UBMcoe6iYI
— TheNaijaFootballConference (@TNFCNG) June 22, 2024
“I told him I’m disappointed in you but what you have to do is to go back to that social media and apologize to Nigerians and Finidi because no matter how we want to say it he’s a legend, Ideye said, according to TNFCNG on X.He continued,”He cleared the road for you like we normally say in Nigeria so you don’t disrespect people like that.
“I don’t care who you are, I don’t care how many awards you have won, I don’t care what you have done in your club.
“Africa’s best player don’t behave the way you behave. I spoke to him you don’t behave like that. You have 2.7 million people watching you on your (Instagram) Live and you are ranting, talking down on a legend. It’s not like that, I’m waiting for Victor to apologize, he has to apologize. He just has to do it.”
Ideye has stated that some of the Super Eagles’ players’ inappropriate behavior is a result of the team’s lack of a genuine leader.
