Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle says many players born abroad who are eligible to play for Super Eagles are showing interest in playing for the team, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chelle who led the team to a third place finish at the recently concluded AFCON in Morocco has already succeeded in luring the duo of Felix Agu and Ryan Alebiosu from Germany and England respectively.
The coach also successfully convinced Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo to also commit to Nigeria, and there are reports that he is in talks with five others to improve the depth in the team.
In the Super Eagles that were at the AFCON six players in Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Ademola Lookman, Ryan Alebiosu and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru all have dual nationality.
More players will likely join the team according to Chelle. ” We have a couple of players who were born abroad, who wants to play for the team and we are looking at how they will fit in. We can’t bring all of them into the team. We will however pick those that we know can bring competion to the team, improve the team and also fit our game project”, the coach said in an interview monitored by our editorial team.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
