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Former Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo has expressed his faith in Victor Osimhen to lead the national team following the retirement of captain Ahmed Musa.
The Super Eagles are currently in Morocco where they are set to fight for the title of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Ex-captain Musa announced his retirement from the the team this week, and the assistant captain William Troost-Ekong also announced his retirement earlier this month.
The position of captain has been filled by Wilfred Ndidi on several ocassions, but Ighalo believes that Galatasaray forward Osimhen has what it takes to lead the Eagles.
“There are several players ahead of him (as senior players), but now Osimhen is doing well and he has the balls to demand what the team wants,” Ighalo told ESPN journalist Colin Udoh.
“Ndidi is not the talking type, he’s a very calm guy, but Osimhen is outspoken, he is going to speak on behalf of the team, he’s going to ginger the boys, he’s going to fight for the boys, he will speak to any body he needs to speak to to make sure they are okay.
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“The captain job is not easy because your neck in on the line, because whatever the boys demand it’s you that will put it forward to the NFF.
“And if NFF want to come for anybody, they are coming for you because you are the captain.
“With Osimhen, he will speak and nothing can happen because he’s the biggest player in the team, so they won’t want to look down on him, they will listen to him because he’s doing well.
“When you’re doing well, you have every power to demand for stuff and he’s in that position.
“He has the character to step up and demand for the team because when you see him he is hustling, he’s showing it on the pitch and so you as a player will listen to him and also fight for the team.”
The Super Eagles are to face Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda in the group stages of the AFCON, whick kicks off this Sunday, 21 December 2025.
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