Galatasaray have confirmed that Victor Osimhen has suffered a gr0in injury in their last league match.
Osimhen was substituted off in the 33rd minute of Galatasaray’s 3-2 win over Istanbul Basaksehir F.K. on Friday. He left the pitch clutching his left inner thigh and was accompanied by club doctors.
He scored a sensational goal in the 17th minute with a strike from outside the box that cannoned off the bar and over the goal line.
In a statement on the injury update, Galatasaray said the 27-year-old striker has suffered an “advanced-moderate level strain (bleeding and strain) in the right adductor (groin) muscle group”.
The club, however, did not state the recovery time period for the injury.
“Following the completion of MR and advanced examinations at our sponsor Acıbadem Hospital, advanced-moderate level strain (bleeding and strain) has been detected in the right adductor (groin) muscle group of our footballer Victor Osimhen,” the statement reads.
“Similarly, advanced-moderate level strain (bleeding and strain) has been detected in the right adductor muscle group of our player Mario Lemina, whose examinations have also been completed, and their treatment processes are ongoing.”
A groin injury typically takes around three weeks to heal, putting Osimhen in a race against time for the Super Eagles’ first couple of qualification games for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Nigeria take on Madagascar on September 25, then face Guinea-Bissau four days later.