By our reporter 20.4.2026
Victor Osimhen is the kind of player who would risk breaking his leg to get results for his team, this is how his Super Eagles teammate Alex Iwobi described Osimhen’s state of mind while on the pitch.
Iwobi who was speaking during a chat on Best Mode On podcast said Osimhen is a one-man wrecking ball who will stop at nothing to get victory for his side.
“Every time in training, he’s always getting hurt in training because he’s got to put his leg or his head into something that he shouldn’t do. He’s always been fighting,” Iwobi revealed.
“I’m not surprised he is where he is right now. Some would say he’s not polished, he’s a bit raw, but Victor will create himself five chances a game, just himself, just from hard work and running.
He added that Osimhen is fearless and doesn’t care which opponent he faces.
“He doesn’t care who you are. He doesn’t care if you’re [Virgil] van Dijk, if you’re a guy from non-league – no disrespect to non-league – he will fight. He will treat the game in the Champions League as if he’s playing with his brethrens.
“He always wants to win, and that mentality is sick. It’s sick. Sometimes it can be over the top because in training, he would like to fight and make sure he’s winning.
“Then sometimes he cheats, and he knows he’s cheating just to win. But it’s just a sick mentality.”
Osimhen indeed had hurt himself in many bruising battles. In 2021 he fractured his face in clash of heads with Inter Milan’s Milan Škriniar during a Serie A game against Napoli his former club. Recently he fractured his arm during a duel with Liverpool’s Ibrahim Konate in Champions League game against his present club Galatasaray.
