Victor Osimhen scored twice on Saturday as Galatasaray won their 26th Turkish league title. After the final whistle, a fan held up a Nigerian flag. Osimhen gave him his winning jersey.

Galatasaray were losing at half-time on Saturday. Antalyaspor had scored in the 45th minute and gone into the break ahead. Osimhen came out in the second half, equalised from the penalty spot in the 66th minute, then scored again in the 88th. Galatasaray won 4-2. The title was their fourth consecutive and their 26th in the club's history.

After the final whistle, the stadium erupted. Osimhen went to the fans. In a video that went around Nigerian football Twitter within the hour, a supporter in the crowd held up a green and white Nigerian flag. Osimhen saw it. He took off his league-winning jersey and handed it to the fan.

There's a version of this story that's just a footballer celebrating a title. But Victor Osimhen grew up in Lagos with nothing. His mother died when he was small. His father died in 2020. Football was the route out and also the thing that kept him standing. He scored seven Champions League goals this season. He's won back-to-back Turkish league titles. European giants are queuing to sign him. Bayern Munich, PSG, Chelsea, and Atletico Madrid are all in conversations about what it would cost to take him from Istanbul.

And after the title win, the thing he gave away was the shirt.

That's it. That's the story. Sometimes it's enough to just say it.