Do we like Victor Osimhen?
Our score: 7 out of 10. Nothing harmful on the record and some real generosity, held back by an unresolved allegation and a thin file on his views.
Osimhen is a Nigerian striker who has become one of the most feared forwards in Turkey. In May 2026 he scored twice as Galatasaray beat Antalyaspor 4-2 to clinch the club's fourth straight league title. He had 61 goals in 75 games for the club since arriving from Napoli.
His breakup with Napoli is the story that follows him around. In September 2023, after he missed a late penalty against Bologna, Napoli's official TikTok account posted a clip mocking the miss and then deleted it. His agent called the video “not acceptable” and said Osimhen kept the right to take legal action, though the reports we found show no lawsuit being filed.
Years later he told La Gazzetta dello Sport that he left because he was the victim of racist insults and that he had deleted his photos in a Napoli shirt. That is his account; the article we read carries no reply from the club, so take it as one side of a sour split.
On the harm test, this one is quiet. We found no statements from him on LGBTQ+ people, women, migrants, vaccines or the climate, and no pattern of working with people who push that stuff. That is an absence of evidence, not a ringing endorsement, so he gets a pass on what's on file rather than a distinction.
The wobble is off the pitch. A report republished in April 2026 said Mercedes-Benz had lodged a complaint in Italy alleging he did not finish paying for a leased car and did not return it, with the alleged debt around €90,000. It's an allegation only, no court has decided anything, and the report said his representatives had not made an official statement.
So where does that leave us? A player with no harmful words on file, a record of putting his hand in his pocket for strangers, and one unresolved allegation that could swing either way. We'd back him, with an eye on how the lease complaint plays out.