Galatasaray Provide Osimhen Injury Update Ahead Of Kasımpaşa Clash

Galatasaray club doctor Yener İnce has provided an update on Victor Osimhen’s fitness ahead of the team’s Turkish Super Lig clash with Kasımpaşa.

Osimhen has missed Galatasaray’s last three matches across all competitions after suffering an injury during the club’s 3-2 victory over İstanbul Başakşehir last month.

The injury also ruled the Nigeria international out of the Super Eagles’ 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau.

Galatasaray will host Kasımpaşa at RAMS Park on Friday, with Osimhen hoping to make his return after recovering from the injury.

İnce Provides Fitness Update on Osimhen

However, İnce stopped short of confirming that the striker will be fit to feature against Kasımpaşa.

“His treatment is also going very well. But we need to say this about him: there was a very large hematoma in a muscle group that the doctors call Grade 2. He had serious bleeding. His injury is not something to be taken lightly,” İnce said on Galatasaray YouTube channel.

“With the help of our radiologist colleagues at our sponsor hospital, we drained the hematoma using a different method. After the hematoma was drained, he felt much better. His treatment is ongoing.

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“He participated in some of the team’s training sessions yesterday. However, we will assess him day by day, phase by phase. We don’t want to take any risks.

“I’ll say the same thing for both Wilfried Singo and Osimhen: We don’t want to take any risks. We will make our decision based on the results of the tests we conduct in those phase studies.

“I understand there’s a very important match schedule, but rather than losing the player for an even longer period, we need to move forward based on the test results we’ve obtained here. We will try to protect him as much as possible.”

İnce Clears The Air Over Training Absence

İnce also addressed speculation surrounding Osimhen’s absence from team training after the striker returned to Türkiye from a short holiday in Nigeria.

The Galatasaray doctor explained that Osimhen had been dealing with an upper respiratory infection and was therefore placed on an individual training programme for two days.

“I have one more thing to say about Victor. I’m saying this, again, to respond to speculation, he stated.

“Something like, ‘The player arrived, didn’t show up for training, this happened, that happened.

“When the player arrived here, he had an upper respiratory infection. That’s why he trained using a different method for two days. We didn’t include him in team training; we trained him separately.”