Brentford defender Michael Kayode has been told that he should be playing senior international football with Nigeria and not with the U21 of Italy, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Kayode who was born to Nigerian parents in Italy was snubbed by head coach Gennaro Gattuso for the upcoming world cup playoff against Northern Ireland, despite his fine form for English Premier League side Brentford.
He was handed a late call up to the U21 by head coach Silvio Baldini who initially omitted him for reasons not made public. A sign of how isn’t rated by the football authorities in Italy, which is his first choice for international football ahead of Nigeria.
” He (Kayode) is wasting his time with the U21 of Italy. A player who should be playing senior football for Nigeria is gearing up to play against semi professionals in U21 games against North Macedonia and later Sweden”, Italy based Nigerian journalist Damian Waziri said.
” A proven English Premier League player at least he has been there for two seasons doing well at Brentford should be in the Italian team, that has failed to qualify for two straight editions of the world cup. That he isn’t there should tell him something”, he concluded.
