Osimhen hasn’t apologised even after I reached out to him — Finidi George

Former Super Eagles coach Finidi George has said Victor Osimhen has yet to apologise for his viral social media tirade that disrespected him.

He said this is even after he reached out to the Super Eagles striker.

“I sent him a message that it was not the best way, just someone telling you that coach said that and you’re taking about me like I said it in an interview,” Finidi told Nigeria Info FM

“From that point I didn’t hear from him, I moved on and I wish everybody well, only God will judge”.

Finidi also said that he was only used as a “scapegoat” by the NFF, who wanted to ‘save their heads’ after a poor World Cup qualifying run in June, where the Eagles played out a 1-1 draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, before losing to the Cheetahs of Benin.

“One of the officials called him and sent him a message, because they wanted to save their head and deviate the issue on ground (the poor qualifying results),” he opened up.

“They used him because they wanted to save their head and use Finidi George to deviate the whole issue.

“Osimhen is someone I like, even before becoming the Super Eagles coach. We know he’s a dedicated player.

When asked whether he thinks Osimhen should have been sanctioned with a ban from the Super Eagles for his social media ranting, Finidi said: “I don’t know, he is there already, let him be.

“We cannot crucify him, he has made a mistake, we have moved on and life goes on.”