Arsenal youth star Alex Iwobi has been given his first call-up to the Super Eagles after the youngster choose to play for Nigeria over the country where he was born and raise.
The Super Eagles coach added the 19-year-old Arsenal striker to his squad for next month’s friendlies against Congo and Cameroon in October.
Though he was born in Nigeria, Iiwobi who is the nephew of ex Super Eagles captain Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha was raised in England and have for their Under 16, 17 and 18 teams.
He however chose to play for Nigeria at the senior level and even trained with the Nigerian Dream Team earlier in the year.
‘My dad too has told me a lot of things about the honour and pride that goes with playing for Nigeria,” Daily Mail quoted him as speaking about choosing to play for Nigeria.
“So I thought a lot about this and decided to play for Nigeria.”
While Nigerians can be happy with the one star gains, they also could be disappointed after missing on another young talent.
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