Coach Sunday Oliseh has fired a
warning, stating that he will only consider players who feature in top leagues
both home and abroad.
Stephen Keshi, however was
known to call up players from the lower leagues overseas. Sunday Oliseh said he
wants to make changes and not do the same thing Stephen Keshi did. He said:
“If you are not playing in first division in anywhere in the world
and in Nigeria, you cannot play for the Super Eagles henceforth,”
Oliseh warned at a media
presentation in Abuja on Wednesday. However players coming from the under-aged
teams are the only exception to this rule.”
Oliseh said it is an honour to
lead the Eagles now as a coach, but that he cannot turn around the footballing
fortunes of the country by himself.
“It’s a great honour to be a
coach of this nation,” he said.
“First of all, I am not coming
as a Messiah. I am not coming as a man who can single handedly turn Nigeria to
Germany.
“I am coming in to do my best
and give if possible 150% all the time.
“The state we are now in
Nigeria I think we are all not happy with. Gone are the days we have individual
players who can single handedly win a match for you. But we have the potentials
and that is our belief and the players must know that it’s an honour to be invited
to the national team.
Vanguard
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