Podcaster Gary Lineker Apologises For Saying Osimhen ‘Disappears In Big Matches’

Gary Lineker has apologised to Nigerian planetary Victor Osimhen for doubting the Galatasaray striker’s prime arsenic 1 of the champion players successful football.

Lineker, a erstwhile England striker turned analyst, issued the apology connected Friday connected his podcast ‘The Rest is Football’.

Lineker’s apology comes days aft Osimhen scored the winning extremity from the spot and earned Galatasaray a shocking 1-0 triumph implicit Liverpool successful the UEFA Champions League (UCL) lucifer connected Tuesday.

Osimhen terrorised the cardinal defence duo of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahim Konate connected a nighttime helium made past by becoming the highest scoring Nigerian successful the UCL.

The show caught the attraction of Lineker, who confessed to Osimhen’s transportation prowess, dispelling his earlier utterance that the 25-year-old failed to execute successful large matches.

Lineker past described the Nigerian guardant arsenic “a hellhole of player”.

“I request to apologise to Victor Osimhen,” Lineker said.

“I retrieve I intimated that possibly helium goes missing sometimes, and I judge that is really wholly not the case.

“I’m atrocious astir that. You shouldn’t spout rumours connected these things. My bad, my atrocious connected that.

“I saw him play against Leicester successful the contention a fewer years ago, successful Europe, and helium was exceptional.

“You truly get a consciousness for idiosyncratic erstwhile you’re successful a stadium. He’s quick, he’s tall, he’s a bully finisher, he’s superb successful the air, he’s a hellhole of a player.”

For the past fewer seasons, galore European shot powerhouses person been linked with Osimhen.

Chelsea were the closest of the suitors but a woody reportedly fell isolated implicit wage negotiations.

Osimhen would yet articulation Galatasaray connected indebtedness past play aft falling retired with genitor broadside Napoli.

He scored a grounds 37 goals successful each competitions earlier the nine broke Turkish transportation grounds of 75 cardinal to motion him permanently a fewer months ago.

Osimhen has 3 goals successful 5 appearances truthful acold this season.