Turkey: We miss Osimhen, but we’re strong without him – Buruk

Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has said that though the squad are feeling the interaction of Victor Osimhen’s absence, they stay beardown without the Nigerian attacker.

He said this pursuing their 1-0 triumph against Kocaelispor on Sunday night, wherever the Yellow-Reds clinched each 3 points acknowledgment to a second-half extremity from Turkish defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı.

Osimhen remains sidelined owed to a groin wounded helium sustained during Galatasaray’s hard-fought 3-2 triumph implicit Istanbul Başakşehir astatine the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium.

In his post-match comments, Buruk stated that the squad missed the Nigerian international, emphasising that his beingness provides a intelligence borderline against opponents.

He said via Hall TV: “Having Osimhen [in the team] is not solely astir the player, but his beingness connected the transportation serves arsenic a intelligence advantage… With Osimhen, the unit successful attack, of course, and having a goalscorer similar him successful the punishment country is precise important.

“We are beardown with Osimhen. We are besides beardown without him, arsenic we person susceptible player...