Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle is watching development around the international future of Everton’s midfielder Tim Iroegbunam, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Tim has been on the radar of the coach for almost a year, but initial approach drew a blank response from the 22 year old who has his sights on stepping up to the senior national team of England.
Still eligible for Nigeria despite representing England at various youth levels, latest reports say he is now open to the idea of representing Nigeria and will likely hold talks about it in the summer.
However a source close to Chelle said, while the news is everywhere online they are yet to officially hear from the player after his representative told them around last year that he isn’t interested in switching his nationality yet.
The source said Chelle is however on alert and in the event that an official communication is made by the player, then an invitation will follow suit after the completion of a switch of nationality process by world football governing body FIFA.
