Ebere Eze agreed to play for the senior national team of Nigeria according to former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Eze trained with the senior national team of Nigeria at their training camp in England, while still at English Champions side QPR but when he was invited he turned down the chance.
Former coach Gernot Rohr had him in his list for games in the AFCON qualifiers, but Eze decided to honour a call up to the U21 of England rather than honour the invitation.
Speaking about the entire issue, Pinnick who was the NFF president at that time and twice had a private meeting with Eze, explained what happened and his sudden u-turn on playing for Nigeria.
“Eberechi Eze came, I met the dad, and we had a long discussion, and he agreed to play for Nigeria,” Amaju Pinnick told the Playzone and Dangolo Way show. “His sister was his manager at the time, came to my flat, and we already had all the documentation in place.
“However, they told us to hold on, and that was it. Maybe then the elections came, and I left the NFF, and that’s probably why he didn’t play. Possibly, because Eberechi loved Nigeria, I can tell you that. I went through my messages with him at some point”.
