New captain of Turkey Suoper Lig champions, Galatasaray, Mauro Icardi has praised Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, adding that together with the former African Footballer of the Year and other team-mates, they want to be champions of Turkey again this season.
Appointed as the club’s captain after Fernando Muslera exited the club last season, Icardi that they wanted to be champions and best in Turkey but unfortunately injury didn’t allow him to be with Osimhen on the pitch at the same time to achieve the feat.
He expressed happiness that they won the league and Osimhen went ahead to become the top scorer in the league.
“Our goal is to keep winning and catch our fourth consecutive championship. That’s always been our goal ever since I got here.
“We wanted to be the champion, to be the best in Turkey. We’ve been doing this for three seasons. We want to continue on this path. We will try to do our best in the Champions League, and we will go to the extreme point where we can.
“Unfortunately, last year, there were a few matches that Victor and I could have been on the field at the same time. They were very enjoyable, but we haven’t been able to enjoy the whole year.
“The most important thing was to be the champion and win the trophy. We want to continue this year. Apart from Victor and me, many players perform very high in training and want to take minutes.
“We’ll win with them. We’ll win together. Also, Victor became the top scorer last season. We’re playing together this year. It will be very pleasant,” the two-time Serie A Golden Boot winner concluded.
Stressing that they want to build on last season’s success to achieve more success in Istanbul this season, Icardi said, “I’ve been training with the team for a month, and I want to support the team by going on the field as soon as possible. We have a lot of goals this season.
We’ll fight at high levels. We want to be champions again. We’ve been champions for three seasons, and we want to keep it going. I miss the whole Galatasaray community. I look forward to reuniting with them on the field.”
