Former Nigeria international defender Efe Ambrose says Victor Osimhen is not the most important player for the Super Eagles of Nigeria heading into the world cup qualifiers playoff, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Ambrose who was a part of the 2013 AFCON winning team and got voted into the best XI of the tournament represented Nigeria at the 2014 World Cup, and picked up 51 caps in the process.
Speaking from his base in Scotland, the 37 year old who now plays for third division Scottish side Glasgow United picked Calvin Bassey as the one player that he feels the team can’t do without at the moment.
” I don’t think he ( Bassey) has had a bad game for the Super Eagles since the last AFCON. In the world cup qualifiers group stage he played all of the games and paired with three separate players in all of the minutes”, Ambrose said.
” To me he isn’t getting the respect that he deserves because his job is not to score goals like Victor Osimhen but to stop them. So with all due respect to Osimhen, the playoff is like a cup tournament and you need defenders much more than you need forwards”, he concluded.
