As coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr continue to monitor the progress of QPR midfielder Ebere Eze ahead of a potential call up to the team, coach of QPR Mark Warburton has spoken about the qualities of the 21 year old.
Eze scored twice from the spot to hand QPR a 3-1 win away to Hull City yesterday in the English Championship and Warburton was full of praise for the England U21 midfielder who has voiced out his readiness to represent Nigeria if called up.
“Ebere is a very, very talented young player. There is loads of work for him to do and loads of potential for him to still discover. He’s a good player and you saw his quality, his character and his desire to be a better player today [on Saturday]. He’s a very talented individual and he has a very big future ahead of him.”
Warburton added: “He’s a powerful athlete and he can go left or right. He looks to get on the ball, his awareness is good and he has lots of technical ability. Like all young players, he has to work hard because this can be a spiteful game if you don’t work hard.
“He’s a pleasure to work with day-in, day-out, as are Ilias, Brighty, Dom Ball, Ryan Manning; there are a number of very good young players in our squad. We have to keep working with them.”
Already he has trained with the Super Eagles but he is yet to be called up since that happened two years ago. That has however not affected his desire to represent Nigeria despite many suggesting he could be an option for England in few years time.
As reported by Owngoalnigeria.com, Rohr initially thought he needed international clearance which usually take years before it’s approved by FIFA but the coach was later informed that he only played in friendly games for England, meaning it won’t take long to get his papers.
For now he is in contention to make the Super Eagles squad for the next round of international games, where they will play against Benin Republic and Lesotho respectively in the race to be at the 2020 Africa Cup of Nations.
