The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially opened talks with Newcastle United forward William Osula to play for Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Born to parents of Nigerian descent in Denmark, Nigeria were granted the permission to speak with him by his parents, after consultation with his representatives.
Danish media Tipsbladet report that the forward who was last selected for the Danish national team in March, but did not make his debut is in talks with Nigeria.
They said a member of the backroom staff of Eric Chelle contacted the 22 year old, at a time when he can’t be cap tied by Denmark after they failed to qualify for the World Cup.
Although Osula has eight in 15 matches for the Danish U21 – he has never made his debut for Brian Riemer’s team, and Nigeria will take advantage of that.
Osula was named by Riemer in his March squad for the fateful World Cup qualifiers against North Macedonia and the Czech Republic, but didn’t get to play in any of the games.
In his last four Premier League games, the physically imposing striker has scored three goals, including the match-winning goal against Manchester United and Saturday’s goal against Bournemouth.
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