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[Zigabel]

Not everyone enjoys public displays and I don't think that Victor Osimhen's private congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman was inappropriate. In fact it reflects a sense of genuine respect and humility. A private message can often feel more personal and heartfelt compared to public gestures which can sometimes been seen as performative.

Been a public figure comes with a whole lot of responsibilities and expectations but then it cannot put out the nature of some persons and in the case of osimhen, i wouldn't want to even think that he's a private person and that is why he didn't make a public congratulatory message but i would want to excuse him that maybe since the season is still on he cold be very busy and couldn't have been able to send across his congratulatory message timely enough but then a public one was expected of him seeing that he's a public figure.

[Josefjix]

¹He wasn't shortlisted in the final 3 so I don't really see why he would be jealous.
²Lookman is taking all the attention from Osimhen and there's reason to get jealous though.

You have just listed two perfect reasons why people get jealous of one another. How would someone that was no where near you last season just take over your shine and you won't be jealous somehow but it shouldn't be so, instead you should use this as motivation to do better the next year and I think that's what Victor Osimhen will be doing as he's already pulling out numbers at Galatasaray. Victor is an arrogant guy, that's something I'm positive about him because he has shown that to us on different occasions with the way he disrespect his managers publicly and the two behaviours usually coexist.

Osimhen knows what he's doing, that's just my final opinion on the whole saga.

Things aren't looking good for him, and it's only become worse since he went to Turkey, where the league receives less attention. Nobody notices what he's doing there; everyone's attention is on Lookman every weekend. This is what happens when you move from a top league to a lower tier.

 He is losing relevance and hype as a big game player in both Europe and Africa. The only option for him to save himself is to move to Chelsea or another elite team in England or Spain, where he can be in the spotlight again.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Not everyone enjoys public displays and I don't think that Victor Osimhen's private congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman was inappropriate. In fact it reflects a sense of genuine respect and humility. A private message can often feel more personal and heartfelt compared to public gestures which can sometimes been seen as performative.

Not when you're a public figure buddy, there's sometimes you just have to do to avoid this exact scenario happening that we're here debating. As a public figure, you have to do sometimes just for the camera.

If you aren't comfortable with that then don't choose a career that puts your business in people faces. I have seen screenshots of posts of Victor claiming he sent a private message but we can't be sure he did until we see the contents of the message and hear from Lookman too but I think there's no bad blood between the two although the speculation of a bad blood between the two can't be ruled out because even though there was none, it might begin to start developing after this incident.

[Stepstowealth]

Not everyone enjoys public displays and I don't think that Victor Osimhen's private congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman was inappropriate. In fact it reflects a sense of genuine respect and humility. A private message can often feel more personal and heartfelt compared to public gestures which can sometimes been seen as performative.

The media is mostly trying to spoil the relationship that these two players have because there is no way because Osimhen should be jealous of an award that he has already won even though he didn't again, he will not be the first person to win the award, and not be able to defend it in next year. Osimhen can also stop all these speculations by just saying how happy he is for Ademola Lookman on winning the award for the country again. It is still a win for Nigeria that we have won it two times, in the last two times the award has been given.

[Josefjix]

The media is mostly trying to spoil the relationship that these two players have because there is no way because Osimhen should be jealous of an award that he has already won even though he didn't again, he will not be the first person to win the award, and not be able to defend it in next year. Osimhen can also stop all these speculations by just saying how happy he is for Ademola Lookman on winning the award for the country again. It is still a win for Nigeria that we have won it two times, in the last two times the award has been given.

They're not trying to spoil any relationship, they're only stating the facts and it obvious that there's a bad blood in the team that we didn't know and the recent situation has exposed it.

Chelsea players see everyday in training and but still come online to congratulate Cole Palmer everytime he won an award or any player at all that won something at the club because the outside world only cares about what they see and you can't blame us for that.

[Abbatty]

The media is mostly trying to spoil the relationship that these two players have because there is no way because Osimhen should be jealous of an award that he has already won even though he didn't again, he will not be the first person to win the award, and not be able to defend it in next year. Osimhen can also stop all these speculations by just saying how happy he is for Ademola Lookman on winning the award for the country again. It is still a win for Nigeria that we have won it two times, in the last two times the award has been given.

Victor Osimehn is a social media person and he is very quick to react to thing by posting them online, he has posted so many stuffs about how he feel online, so if there is no situation I bet he would have posted look man and congratulated him. A win for lookman is a win for every Nigerian and it something they should be proud about. This is not just any award it the African player of the year award, a dream for every African footballer. Osimehn have no excuse for not congratulating his teammate online.

They're not trying to spoil any relationship, they're only stating the facts and it obvious that there's a bad blood in the team that we didn't know and the recent situation has exposed it.

Chelsea players see everyday in training and but still come online to congratulate Cole Palmer everytime he won an award or any player at all that won something at the club because the outside world only cares about what they see and you can't blame us for that.

I absolutely agree with you, there is something going on we don’t know about, we all know how Osimehn is quick to react to thing online, if all these were wrong accusations he would have come online and say something or even post about it on his instagram story. Other teammates, both national teammates and at the club side even his former club side teammates all congratulated him online. I could remember earlier this month when osimehn posted on his instagram story and page to wish icardi quick recovery about his injury, if he can post things like that why can’t he post and congratulate lookman about his award.

Chelsea player shows the love both off and on the pitch to each other and that another reason they are doing so well this season, the connection is there, they even make fun of each other in the comment section too. To them it doesn’t matter how many times Palmer wins an award they are always happy for him and they why he is doing well.

[Hewlet]

The media is mostly trying to spoil the relationship that these two players have because there is no way because Osimhen should be jealous of an award that he has already won even though he didn't again, he will not be the first person to win the award, and not be able to defend it in next year. Osimhen can also stop all these speculations by just saying how happy he is for Ademola Lookman on winning the award for the country again. It is still a win for Nigeria that we have won it two times, in the last two times the award has been given.

They're not trying to spoil any relationship, they're only stating the facts and it obvious that there's a bad blood in the team that we didn't know and the recent situation has exposed it.

Chelsea players see everyday in training and but still come online to congratulate Cole Palmer everytime he won an award or any player at all that won something at the club because the outside world only cares about what they see and you can't blame us for that.

by virtue of their status as public figures, they have gotten to the level where they need someone that manages their social media account to avoid a miss of something as important as this. whatever internal relationship or politics that is going on under the ground doesn't concern the fans as long as what they the players push to the public suggest otherwise. osimehn normally is one player that doesn't allow things get at him that you will assume that he will want to come out to release a statement to at least silent a lot of the argument that is going on in the media. by this time, he cant deny that he hasn't seen the reaction of people but he certainly would not want to respond to those kind of reaction.

we will just hope that both players are in good terms because there is no reason for him to expect that he will win this addition of the African best ahead of lookman. if it is an attitude problem, he might end up discovery that with time to come, it might affect him in the team. African best is not won by being entitled to it. you have to work and prove beyound reasonabel doutb that you are deserving of winning the award.

[Salahmu]

Things aren't looking good for him, and it's only become worse since he went to Turkey, where the league receives less attention. Nobody notices what he's doing there; everyone's attention is on Lookman every weekend. This is what happens when you move from a top league to a lower tier.

Things are looking very good for Victor Osimhen in Turkey because he  joined one of the best club in the league, it would have been bad for him if he had play for Bodrum Fk or Hayspor that's when his career would have been at the silent mode because a lot of people still loves participating on the matches of the two champions of turkey so even if I don't watch all the clubs on the league but because of Victor Osimhen I don't miss there matches except I was busy, however as for Lookman he has outshine Osimhen do to his effort plus the new award winner because whenever a player get a hold of a very important award, he does not only win but also everybody because the only important player will be him at the moment till award is forgotten just like that of Osimhen

[Ruttoshi]

The media is mostly trying to spoil the relationship that these two players have because there is no way because Osimhen should be jealous of an award that he has already won even though he didn't again, he will not be the first person to win the award, and not be able to defend it in next year. Osimhen can also stop all these speculations by just saying how happy he is for Ademola Lookman on winning the award for the country again. It is still a win for Nigeria that we have won it two times, in the last two times the award has been given.

They're not trying to spoil any relationship, they're only stating the facts and it obvious that there's a bad blood in the team that we didn't know and the recent situation has exposed it.

Chelsea players see everyday in training and but still come online to congratulate Cole Palmer everytime he won an award or any player at all that won something at the club because the outside world only cares about what they see and you can't blame us for that.

Nobody can tell if these two players are happy with each other success or not, because we are not with them.  Don't trust everything that the media says because they give information just to draw people attention towards them. Chelsea football club is not Nigeria national team, and moreover, these two players are no in the same club that their bond and love will be very close because they see themselves often. So you shouldn't use Palmer and Chelsea as example.

Who is the bad blood, because I can say Osimhen is not happy for who he is and what he has. He is being celebrated everyday in any club he plays for.

[Rruchi man]

They're not trying to spoil any relationship, they're only stating the facts and it obvious that there's a bad blood in the team that we didn't know and the recent situation has exposed it.

Chelsea players see everyday in training and but still come online to congratulate Cole Palmer everytime he won an award or any player at all that won something at the club because the outside world only cares about what they see and you can't blame us for that.

I absolutely agree with you, there is something going on we don’t know about, we all know how Osimehn is quick to react to thing online, if all these were wrong accusations he would have come online and say something

Why are you all looking to build a mountain from a mole hill? Osimhen was on duty at about the time Lookman was announced winner; that is why you all did not see the immediate reaction online. Osimhen also revealed that he congratulated Lookman.

Read this, you all: https://soccernet.ng/2024/12/them-dey-joke-osimhen-quenches-rumours-of-bad-blood-with-caf-poty-ademola-lookman.html We should always learn to read and research.

[Josefjix]

Who is the bad blood, because I can say Osimhen is not happy for who he is and what he has. He is being celebrated everyday in any club he plays for.

People get jealous not because they don't have anything, some get jealous because they hate to see other people's success.

Why are you all looking to build a mountain from a mole hill? Osimhen was on duty at about the time Lookman was announced winner; that is why you all did not see the immediate reaction online. Osimhen also revealed that he congratulated Lookman.

Read this, you all: https://soccernet.ng/2024/12/them-dey-joke-osimhen-quenches-rumours-of-bad-blood-with-caf-poty-ademola-lookman.html We should always learn to read and research.

He can say anything to explain himself, but that doesn't change the fact that he didn't congratulate his brother on any of his social media profiles to express support. He wasn't going to tell bloggers that they were enemies or had bad blood. They may not have, but his congratulations message on his social media profile may have exposed Lookman to a larger audience.

[Fiatless]

Why are you all looking to build a mountain from a mole hill? Osimhen was on duty at about the time Lookman was announced winner; that is why you all did not see the immediate reaction online. Osimhen also revealed that he congratulated Lookman.

Read this, you all: https://soccernet.ng/2024/12/them-dey-joke-osimhen-quenches-rumours-of-bad-blood-with-caf-poty-ademola-lookman.html We should always learn to read and research.

He can say anything to explain himself, but that doesn't change the fact that he didn't congratulate his brother on any of his social media profiles to express support. He wasn't going to post online that they were enemies or had bad blood. They may not have, but his congratulations message on his social media profile may have exposed Lookman to a larger audience.

I think it's time to let this issue die a natural death. These two players are from Nigeria and our best player indeed. Fanning the fire of hatred or jealousy will not be good for the national team. Osimhen has said he has congratulated him and Lookman did not dispute it. Both of the are fine, so let's move on instead of bringing back the issue.

[Josefjix]

He can say anything to explain himself, but that doesn't change the fact that he didn't congratulate his brother on any of his social media profiles to express support. He wasn't going to post online that they were enemies or had bad blood. They may not have, but his congratulations message on his social media profile may have exposed Lookman to a larger audience.

I think it's time to let this issue die a natural death. These two players are from Nigeria and our best player indeed. Fanning the fire of hatred or jealousy will not be good for the national team. Osimhen has said he has congratulated him and Lookman did not dispute it. Both of the are fine, so let's move on instead of bringing back the issue.

Whether we talk about it or not, it won't impact public view on the matter, and whether Lookman and Osimhen are cool or not, it won't change anything. The only thing I've learned from the situation is that both players aren't close friends, which is fine.

[Fiatless]

Things aren't looking good for him, and it's only become worse since he went to Turkey, where the league receives less attention. Nobody notices what he's doing there; everyone's attention is on Lookman every weekend. This is what happens when you move from a top league to a lower tier.

 He is losing relevance and hype as a big game player in both Europe and Africa. The only option for him to save himself is to move to Chelsea or another elite team in England or Spain, where he can be in the spotlight again.

Oh didn't see this post before I responded to your previous response. It's clear you don't like Victor Osimhen. We all know why he moved to Turkey, it was a chance he could not refuse. How will you say he is losing relevance? What are the indicators to measure relevance and how did you come to such a conclusion? Have you checked how many clubs in Europe wants his signature in January?

Turkish League might not have the attention like other top leagues but Victor's performance has made him more popular in Europe. Don't also forget that Galatasaray is playing in a European competition and he scored a brace against a top-flight English side. One of the ways of knowing a top-class player is his ability to adapt to the playing style of different leagues.

[Marykeller]

Not everyone enjoys public displays and I don't think that Victor Osimhen's private congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman was inappropriate. In fact it reflects a sense of genuine respect and humility. A private message can often feel more personal and heartfelt compared to public gestures which can sometimes been seen as performative.

Been a public figure comes with a whole lot of responsibilities and expectations but then it cannot put out the nature of some persons and in the case of osimhen, i wouldn't want to even think that he's a private person and that is why he didn't make a public congratulatory message but i would want to excuse him that maybe since the season is still on he cold be very busy and couldn't have been able to send across his congratulatory message timely enough but then a public one was expected of him seeing that he's a public figure.

Every one of us has our own way of doing or handling things. Some people are just being private in certain things; some are being open; that's their nature. Whichever one each of us does has the way we follow up on things.

The issue of Osimhen sending congratulations privately or openly shouldn't in a day be an issue because Lookman and Osimhen have been friends for quite a long, and they know how they have been relating to one another. They can't, just because of what people say, begin to have misunderstandings with one another. I guess Osimhen and Lookman have been wishing each other a long before the two begin to win the Africa Best Player of the Year award. So, let's allow them to rest without analyzing and thinking about what their thoughts are far from about their existing friendship

[Ndabagi01]

Not everyone enjoys public displays and I don't think that Victor Osimhen's private congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman was inappropriate. In fact it reflects a sense of genuine respect and humility. A private message can often feel more personal and heartfelt compared to public gestures which can sometimes been seen as performative.

Been a public figure comes with a whole lot of responsibilities and expectations but then it cannot put out the nature of some persons and in the case of osimhen, i wouldn't want to even think that he's a private person and that is why he didn't make a public congratulatory message but i would want to excuse him that maybe since the season is still on he cold be very busy and couldn't have been able to send across his congratulatory message timely enough but then a public one was expected of him seeing that he's a public figure.

To me, it doesn’t matter how the congratulatory message was passed, if it has been passed, then it is something commendable and we don’t need to criticize the player on how he passed the message. They are from the same nation and have played together for many years. They know better how they relate than what they show us online, so I don’t think this should cause any form of conflict amongst them or the public view should matter about themselves. They know better what is right and keep their relationship genuine, so it’s better we stop poking into things like this in my own opinion.

[Docnaster]

Not everyone enjoys public displays and I don't think that Victor Osimhen's private congratulatory message to Ademola Lookman was inappropriate. In fact it reflects a sense of genuine respect and humility. A private message can often feel more personal and heartfelt compared to public gestures which can sometimes been seen as performative.

One thing that's common among football fans is that their readiness to always raise unnecessary dusts. Victor Osimhen if we remember won the the African Best Player award last year and we didn't see Ademola Lookman congratulate him on any of his social media accounts but that doesn't mean that the Atalanta player never sent him a private congratulatory message and now that Ademola have won same award, Victor have also congratulated him but football fans just want to make something out of nothing.

[Rruchi man]

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He can say anything to explain himself, but that doesn't change the fact that he didn't congratulate his brother on any of his social media profiles to express support. He wasn't going to tell bloggers that they were enemies or had bad blood. They may not have, but his congratulations message on his social media profile may have exposed Lookman to a larger audience.

The next Super Eagles game will reveal a lot though; we will see if there is any bad blood really in the team. I hope the coach plays Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen. If there is bad blood, it will be difficult to hide, and it will affect the team's performance even more.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Things aren't looking good for him, and it's only become worse since he went to Turkey, where the league receives less attention. Nobody notices what he's doing there; everyone's attention is on Lookman every weekend. This is what happens when you move from a top league to a lower tier.

When things like this happens, we should count it as a procedure to getting himself back into order, playing for Turkey may serve as his own learning ground to do more in the coming seasons, but as for now, i hope his going there should have something to write about after then, if not, then he might just have initiated his drop of performance and recognition from the football field, because with time, challenging factors will soon get ride off, new players will come onboard and the table shakers will set in from the new set of players, the existing ones should know what they are doing.

[Roseline492]

One thing that's common among football fans is that their readiness to always raise unnecessary dusts. Victor Osimhen if we remember won the the African Best Player award last year and we didn't see Ademola Lookman congratulate him on any of his social media accounts but that doesn't mean that the Atalanta player never sent him a private congratulatory message and now that Ademola have won same award, Victor have also congratulated him but football fans just want to make something out of nothing.

Thank you for bringing this up because I remember how it happen then when Victor Osimhen won his first but the player in question did not make any public announcement in terms of saying how happy he is to have seen Osimhen won the award and people said nothing and now most people are reversing the case to look as if Osimhen is the bad one, however at first I thought the both of them are very close but someone told me that he saw lookman on the social media when they were asking him about people he regard as his friends among the eagles players and he only mentioned two which is Bassey and one other player, then I realized that he and Osimhen are not that too close as we were thinking, so people should leave there privacy and only see them from how they are playing in the field.