Galatasaray Provide Details On Victor Osimhen’s Injury

In a concerning update for some nine and country, Turkish champions Galatasaray announced connected Tuesday that striker Victor Osimhen sustained a mean ankle wounded during Nigeria’s World Cup qualifying lucifer against Rwanda connected Saturday successful Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The wounded prevented Osimhen from joining the Nigerian squad for their important qualifying lucifer against South Africa connected Tuesday.

Following aesculapian examinations astatine Galatasaray’s spouse hospital, the nine confirmed that Nigerian ace prima Osimhen has suffered stretching and bleeding successful his ankle ligaments.

Yener İnce, the club’s Football A Team Doctor, provided details successful the authoritative connection saying: “In the examinations performed contiguous astatine our sponsor infirmary for our Football A Team subordinate Victor Osimhen, a mean sprain (stretching and bleeding) was detected successful his ankle ligaments and the indispensable attraction has been initiated successful bid for our shot subordinate to instrumentality to the tract arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

While attraction has already commenced, Galatasaray has not specified a definitive timeline for Osimhen’s return. Recovery from ankle ligament injuries tin alteration significantly, typically ranging from 2 to six weeks.

This uncertainty raises concerns for the Nigerian guardant arsenic helium could perchance miss respective cardinal fixtures for some Galatasaray successful the Champions League and Nigeria successful their remaining World Cup qualifiers.