{"id":17367,"date":"2026-11-13T23:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/gala-target-villa-clash-for-osimhen-return\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T23:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:31:46","slug":"gala-target-villa-clash-for-osimhen-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/gala-target-villa-clash-for-osimhen-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Gala target Villa clash for Osimhen return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"60.766481823783\">\n<p><strong><em>Galatasaray<\/em><\/strong><em> are targeting the Champions League home game against Aston Villa on November 24 for the return of Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen from knee surgery, according to Turkish outlet Fanatik.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The report says the Turkish champions are unwilling to risk him in the S\u00fcper Lig home match against Samsunspor on November 21, the first fixture after the international break, even though he could be fit for it. Villa\u2019s visit three days later is considered the more likely comeback date.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The club has set no return date and has said only that its medical team is monitoring his recovery daily.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The 27-year-old hurt his left knee in Galatasaray\u2019s 2-0 Champions League win over VfB Stuttgart on November 3. A scan found a loose fragment in the joint, and club doctor Yener \u0130nce, performed the operation at Maslak Ac\u0131badem Hospital in Istanbul.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Galatasaray vice president, Mehmet Cibara, has described the problem as chronic. \u201cOsimhen\u2019s injury is chronic,\u201d he told GZT, while rejecting suggestions that the club\u2019s pitch played any part.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The injury rules Osimhen out of Nigeria\u2019s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Tanzania in Uyo on Friday and in Zanzibar on Tuesday. Galatasaray have already played without him, beating Amedspor 4-3 at home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Before the injury, Osimhen had scored nine goals and provided three assists in eight S\u00fcper Lig appearances, putting him level at the top of the scoring chart with compatriot Gift Orban.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#3e4a565b5b5a574a514c7e4e4b505d565059105d5153\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"780c101d1d1c110c170a38080d161b10161f561b1715\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galatasaray are targeting the Champions League home game against Aston Villa on November 24 for the return of Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen from knee surgery, according to Turkish outlet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}