Former Super Eagles winger Tijjani Babangida says the Super Eagles of Nigeria will only get the best of Paul Onuachu if Rohr hands Moses Simon one of the positions on the flanks.
Onuachu has struggled to transfer his club form to the senior national team of Nigeria since making his debut last year and that has led to his axing from the squad lately.
However he was handed a call up as a replacement for Victor Osimhen who has been ruled out of the Super Eagles friendly games against Tunisia and Algeria respectively.
The call up came on the back of a strong run that has seen him scored seven goals in his last eight matches for Belgium side Genk including six in his last four games.
According to Babangida if Onuachu is to repeat same feat with Nigeria, Simon need to be on one of the flanks due to his love for delivering crosses into the box.
“ The Nigerian team at the moment has lot of wingers, it has always been like that. However they are not wingers who put crosses into the box. Most of them are wing forward who want to score as well. Simon is however different”, he told Owngoalnigeria.com.
“ If you watch Simon very well. You’ll agree that as much as he likes to get into scoring positions he thrives on delivering those balls into the box. You need his type for strikers like Onuachu to deliver.
“ You see strikers are built differently and Onuachu is one who thrives with balls into the box and Simon playing from either flank guarantees that. I think Rohr should think about it “.
