Though European-born Nigerians have in the past starred for the national team but the desperation to lure foreign born Nigerians who have played for their country of birth at the underage competitions to don the colours of the national team by the football federation has been heightened of recent. The latest name on the card of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is Liverpool starlet, Jordon Femi Ibe, who has already represented England at Under-18, 19 and 20 levels since 2012. Kunle Adewale in this report asks if this is an admission that the local league is no longer viable to produce players for the country's national teams During Nigeria's botched attempt at playing in the 1982 World Cup in Spain, only two players -John Chidioze and Tunji Banjo, were not based in Nigeria and were in the team that played through the qualifiers. At the 1994 Mundial qualifiers, Reuben Agboola was the only foreign born Nigerian among the gang, but eventually could not ma...
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