The coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has been warned to be a lot more cautious in his decision to have Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo in his team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Tosin who in the past turned down the chance to play for Nigeria revealed during the club world cup, that he will be open to having a discussion on switching to the Nigerian team.
“That is a question I have answered quite a bit recently, yeah, it is something that we are looking into in the future.
“It is a conversation I want to have; we will see how that goes,” Adarabioyo said.
A winner of the recently concluded Club World Cup with Chelsea, the 28 year old was also a part of the team that won the UEFA Conference League with a convincing 4-1 win over Real Betis.
Reacting to what looks like a come and get me plea, former Nigeria international defender Efe Ambrose said the coach should be wary about bringing him into the team, because he doesn’t play in big games for his club.
” The remaining games of the Super Eagles in the world cup is a final, but when you look at Tosin at Chelsea he didn’t play in their two biggest games this season. The final of the Conference League and also the Club World Cup. So how sure are you that he will be up to the task for games of that magnitude”, the AFCON 2013 winner told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
