{"id":815311,"date":"2024-12-28T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T08:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/14-goals-in-23-matches-victor-osimhen-reacts-to-tolu-arokodares-impressive-form-at-genk\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T02:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T08:17:06","slug":"14-goals-in-23-matches-victor-osimhen-reacts-to-tolu-arokodares-impressive-form-at-genk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/28\/14-goals-in-23-matches-victor-osimhen-reacts-to-tolu-arokodares-impressive-form-at-genk\/","title":{"rendered":"14 goals in 23 matches: Victor Osimhen reacts to Tolu Arokodare\u2019s impressive form at Genk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles talisman Victor Osimhen has praised countryman Tolu Arokodare for his impressive performance for KRC Genk this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arokodare scored twice in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KRCGenkofficial\/status\/1872553084427059208\" target=\"_blank\">Genk\u2019s 2-2 draw against Royale Antwerp<\/a>, bringing his tally to 14 goals in 23 matches\u2014just one shy of his total from last season, where he netted 15 goals in 52 games.<\/p>\n<h4>Get Our Sports News First \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now! <\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Osimhen, who has been closely following Arokodare\u2019s progress in Belgium<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2023\/02\/transfer-krc-genk-signs-a-replacement-for-onuachu-for-e5-million.html\"> since the striker joined Genk as Paul Onuachu\u2019s replacement<\/a>, applauded the towering Nigerian for his remarkable resurgence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo see him making a huge name for himself and for his team is something amazing. Knowing how he started, I know he will surely achieve greatness!\u201d Osimhen wrote in reaction to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEFPRxjud6C\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a post shared by Naija Footballers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ICONSPORT_184986_0041-1.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Nigeria and Genk star Tolu Arokodare\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145292\">Genk\u2019s Tolu Toluwalase Arokodare celebrates. Photo by Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response, the former FC K\u00f6ln striker expressed his gratitude and revealed that Osimhen\u2019s comments meant so much to him that he plans to frame them.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Arokodare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEFPRxjud6C\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a>: \u201cI go frame this one put for house, nothing anybody wan tell me. Thanks, broski.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Nigerian forward has begun to attract attention across Europe, with Trabzonspor, Fulham, and Galatasaray reportedly interested in securing his services.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1043209664-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Croonen Peter president\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145404\">Croonen Peter president of KRC Genk celebrate after winning the Jupiler Pro League Champions Play-Off match between KRC Genk and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at the Cegeka Arena [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Genk chairman Peter Croonen has ruled out a January transfer, stating in an interview with DAZN, <em>\u201cThe intention is absolutely to keep him. And that will happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the international stage, Arokodare is yet to earn a call-up to the Super Eagles. However, if he maintains his current form, he is likely to be one of the names considered for selection next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/14-goals-in-23-matches-victor-osimhen-reacts-to-tolu-arokodares-impressive-form-at-genk.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles talisman Victor Osimhen has praised countryman Tolu Arokodare for his impressive performance for KRC Genk this season, Soccernet.ng reports. Arokodare scored twice in Genk\u2019s 2-2 draw against Royale Antwerp, bringing his tally to 14 goals in 23 matches\u2014just one shy of his total from last season, where he netted 15 goals in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":815312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32177,26249,2005],"tags":[13596,5987],"class_list":{"0":"post-815311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-goals","8":"category-matches","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-goals","11":"tag-matches"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}