{"id":844425,"date":"2025-04-29T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/were-lucky-galatasaray-forward-relishes-playing-alongside-victor-osimhen\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:12:00","slug":"were-lucky-galatasaray-forward-relishes-playing-alongside-victor-osimhen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/were-lucky-galatasaray-forward-relishes-playing-alongside-victor-osimhen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019re lucky\u201d \u2013 Galatasaray forward relishes playing alongside Victor Osimhen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Galatasaray and Belgium forward, Dries Mertens, has heaped praise on Super Eagles forward, Victor James Osimhen, labelling him as one of the best in world football, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pair played first in Napoli, before reuniting in Galatasaray. However, Mertens was not a part of the Naples squad that lifted the Scudetto in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Across two clubs and all competitions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/dries-mertens\/gemeinsameSpiele\/spieler\/56416\/kriterium\/2\/wettbewerb\/\/liga\/0\/verein\/0\/status\/0\/pos\/0\/gegner\/401923\/galerie\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osimhen and Mertens<\/a> have played 62 games together, winning 40, and drawing 12, accruing 2.13 points per game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158595\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1044813830-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158595\">Victor Osimhen. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/super-eagles-osimhen-chelsea.html\">\u201cI know about the contract\u201d \u2013 Ex-Super Eagles captain makes stunning admission about Osimhen\u2019s future<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/morata-praises-victor-osimhen.html\">\u201cOne of the best in the world\u201d- Ex-Real Madrid star hypes up Victor Osimhen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/super-eagles-osimhen-2.html\"><strong>Double standards? \u2013 \u2018Attitude concerns\u2019 tag on Super Eagles\u2019 Osimhen unfair<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241108_080254.jpg\" alt width=\"612\" height=\"408\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140622\">Dries Mertens and Victor Osimhen during their Napoli days. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer <strong>What Mertens said about <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/victor-osimhen\">Osimhen<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The former PSV Eindhoven forward was quizzed by <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/john-mikel-obi\">Mikel Obi<\/a> on what Osimhen brings to <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/galatasaray\">Galatasaray<\/a> as a team, and on their relationship outside of the club.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVictor is one of the top three strikers at the moment, and we\u2019re lucky that he\u2019s playing with us. In this moment, you don\u2019t have many strikers like him around,\u201d the 37-year-old said on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&#038;source=web&#038;rct=j&#038;opi=89978449&#038;url=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3Dp1sBs1pbx8M&#038;ved=2ahUKEwip5t-h2PqMAxWVXUEAHe6KIg0QwqsBegQIEhAG&#038;usg=AOvVaw1hlQSbbIgKPpC7PfjbHWXd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi One Podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a good relationship, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m so glad he came here, and I think he can still achieve a lot more if he demands it from himself. The hunger to score every minute, not every game. After one, you have to go for two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIstanbul is such a big city, and there are many things to do, so I think it gives him a bit of calm. He lives close to me, and our children are best friends, so it\u2019s nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_158593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158593\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1037670627-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158593\">AIC awards ceremony. In the photo: Victor Osimhen. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With five league games left to play, Galatasaray are currently five points clear at the top of the Turkish Super Lig. Victor Osimhen is leading the race for the league\u2019s golden boot with 22 goals, three above Krzysztof Piatek.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f64d35abfd960f4a5a400c4bb517f7f0be6c48b655560fbdd37e59d9fc9ca58?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/galatasaray-mertens-victor-osimhen.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Galatasaray and Belgium forward, Dries Mertens, has heaped praise on Super Eagles forward, Victor James Osimhen, labelling him as one of the best in world football, Soccernet.ng reports. The pair played first in Napoli, before reuniting in Galatasaray. However, Mertens was not a part of the Naples squad that lifted the Scudetto in 2023. 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