UCL: 'He's very similar to Drogba' - Troy Deeney on Osimhen

Former Watford striker Troy Deeney has compared Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen to Chelsea icon Didier Drogba, highlighting their akin quality to occupation absorption defenders.

The Nigerian planetary had netted 9 goals successful home competitions earlier Galatasaray hosted Stuttgart successful the UEFA Champions League astatine Rams Park.

Osimhen has established himself arsenic a hard hostile for defenders, acknowledgment to his carnal presence, pace, almighty question and awesome enactment rate.

Although the 2023 African Footballer of the Year failed to find the nett against Stuttgart, Galatasaray claimed a comfy 2-0 triumph connected Tuesday evening, with Aleksey Batrakov scoring doubly successful the archetypal half.

Speaking earlier the encounter, Deeney praised Osimhen's wide publication to the team, insisting that his worth goes beyond scoring goals.

When asked what impresses him astir astir the Galatasaray forward, the erstwhile Watford skipper told CBS Sports Golazo:

"People volition look astatine the goals. I look astatine his enactment rate. The quality to enactment that full backline connected his own.

"He plays 1 upfront, precise akin to Didier Drogba successful the information that helium occupies the full backline, but what helium besides gives is that helium runs successful behind.

"He gives you that menace to show, link-up play is truly strong, besides consenting to r...