How Galatasaray Could Line Up With Osimhen to Battle Mourinho’s Fenerbahce

How Galatasaray Could Line Up With Osimhen to Battle Mourinho’s Fenerbahce

  • Galatasaray have officially completed the signing of Victor Osimhen on a season-long loan
  • He joined the Turkish champions from Napoli after missing out on deadline-day moves
  • The champions will battle against rivals Fenerbahce, who have hired Jose Mourinho

Galatasaray are aiming to retain their Turkish Super Lig title after adding Victor Osimhen to their squad against bitter rivals Fenerbahce who hired Jose Mourinho as manager.

Galatasaray finished three points clear of Fenerbahce last season to pip their rivals to the title, which led to their rivals' decision to part ways with Ismail Kartal.

Jose Mourinho and Victor Osimhen discussing after Napoli vs AS Roma.
Jose Mourinho and Victor Osimhen will meet again in the Turkish Super League. Photo by Elianton.
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According to BBC Sports, Fener hired Jose Mourinho on a two-year contract with an option of a third year after he was dismissed by Italian club AS Roma in January.

The Special One is tasked with the responsibility of winning the club’s first league title in 10 years after agonisingly coming close last season, but his job just got difficult.

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How Galatasaray could use Osimhen

Osimhen joined the Turkish champions on a season-long loan after he was left out of Napoli’s Serie A squad following a collapsed deadline-day move to Chelsea.

The Super Eagles star joins a title-winning squad that has Mauro Icardi and Michy Batshuayi as strikers and is expected to compete for the starting berth against the two.

Gala manager Okan Buruk mainly sets up his teams with the 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 formation, two systems Osimhen is experienced in, having played in both throughout his career.

According to Score90, Buruk is most likely to go with the aggressive 4-4-2 with Icardi and Osimhen up top, as it would be challenging to drop a striker who scored 32 goals last season for a loan player.

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Mourinho’s Fenerbahce are top of the league with 10 points after four games, a point ahead of Galatasaray and Besiktas, both of which have played three games each.

Emenike sends message to Osimhen

Legit.ng reported that Emmanuel Emenike sent a message to Osimhen, wishing his compatriot had joined his former club Fenerbahce instead of rivals Galatasaray.

The AFCON 2013 winner used the allure of playing for Jose Mourinho, who is now in charge of Fener, to tell the Super Eagles striker what he missed out on.

Source: Legit.ng

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Elijah Odetokun (Sports Editor) Elijah Odetokun is a Nigerian sports editor at Legit NG. He has four years of working experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria (August 2020 - September 2020), OmaSports (December 2020 - June 2021), El Futbolero (July 2021; September 2021- November 2021), and Sports Brief (November 2022 - July 2024). He is a press conference and interview specialist and has attended trainings held by Reuters, AIPS, and FIJ. He holds a Bachelor of Agriculture (2021) from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Reach me via elijah.odetokun@sportsbrief.com