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. 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.
“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.”