The viral report of the decision of on loan Chelsea midfield duo Carney Chukwuemeka and Lesley Ugochukwu has been termed as inaccurate by a chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Speaking to OwnGoalNigeria.com on the condition of anonymity, the FA Chief who is a part of the technical decision making body of the football house cleared the air on the state of the duo as it concerns playing for the Super Eagles.
” They are not in the list of players for the world cup qualifiers in March, rather they are in an enlarged list of players submitted by the technical director of the NFF Austine Eguavoen to the coach. It’s now up to Eric Chelle to convince them to switch to Nigeria”, he said.
” For Chukwuemeka it’s all positive for sometime now but that of Ugochukwu I am not sure he wants to play for Nigeria after breaking into the French setup. Like I said they are not in consideration for the games but in the plans of the coach if they decide to switch”.
He however said one player is already in the process of switching his nationality to Nigeria and the required documents have been forwarded to FIFA for consideration.
” I can tell you that one player is already neck deep in the process but I am sorry I can’t reveal his identity for now. He is the only one that has formally applied to play for Nigeria and we are working on it”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
