Oduwa Away For U23 Acon?

[PRW. 5,631]

Just the training camp for a couple of weeks initially.

Head Coach of the U-23 National Team, Samson Siasia has invited FC Barcelona B team defender Godwin Elohor Ekpolo and Nathan Oduwa of Glasgow Rangers to camp for the second Africa U-23 Nations Cup taking place in Senegal 28 November - 12 December this year.

Coach Siasia explained he is inviting both players to come and fight for jerseys in the team as he intends to build to strong team that will do the nation proud not only in Senegal but at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next year.

"After the All Africa Games in Congo, I noticed some departments of the team that needed to be worked on, so I decided to extend my dragnet in search of players who have shown interest in playing for Nigeria in a bid to building a solid team that will be the pride of all Nigerians," Siasia said.

Siasia however appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him and his technical team as they go about building a solid U-23 squad for Nigeria.

Meanwhile, Coach Siasia has directed all clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League requesting for the release of their players for league games to send their request to the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, as he (Siasia) has no power to release any player.

Expressing displeasure at the requests being made by these clubs for the release of their players, Coach Siasia said: "While I understand with them that they need their players for club engagements, I also want to remind them that they need to co-operate with us to qualify for the football event of the Rio Olympic Games, and the only way we can achieve this objective is by having all the players in camp to train so we can pick only the best legs."

The U-23 supremo disclosed that for now, no player will be released from the camp, and that aside those in the Super Eagles B that are in Ouagadougou for Sunday's CHAN qualifier against Etalons of Burkina Faso, all other players must report to camp and be part of the team's training session on Monday, October 26, or forget about reporting to camp altogether.

[MartyM1872 16]

Godwin Elohor Ekpolo

Cracking name.

[CF2 WINNIE 1,006]

How is this possible? He has played for England.

[Gillete 1,338]

Why would Oduwa be going to the African nations?

[The Dude 20,026]

I reckon he'll reject the invitation.

[ricksen_da_best 2,034]

I thought he played for USA last month? Now Nigeria? Haha

[MartyM1872 16]

I thought he played for USA last month? Now Nigeria? Haha

Zelalem and Oduwa are different people.

[BL11 33]

One suspects he'll try with England before switching sides.

[jafrfc 614]

Oduwa hasn't been capped at full level so they're trying to persuade him to play for Nigeria over England.

[Heshootshescores 1,905]

I also had such amazing luck just last week. That same head coach bloke has 10million dollars in a dormant fund and needs a bank account to send it to the UK!... What a wonderful land of opporchancity Nigeria is :-)

[We Will Follow Rangers 12,921]

Capped for England at 17's 18's and 20's, I would doubt very much if he'd want to play for Nigeria as long as he's still involved with England's set up.

[Muz333 359]

I also had such amazing luck just last week. That same head coach bloke has 10million dollars in a dormant fund and needs a bank account to send it to the UK!... What a wonderful land of opporchancity Nigeria is :-)

I can top that. Apparently my long lost uncle is the prince of Nigeria, at least according to a very legit email he sent me. All he needs is my bank account, sort code, csv, national insurance, a few recent bills and my passport and he's going to send me a load of cash.

[Mr Soprano 13,964]

I thought he played for USA last month? Now Nigeria? Haha

The most blatant piece of racism you'll see all day.

Fucking disgusting.

[Gaz52 11,837]

I also had such amazing luck just last week. That same head coach bloke has 10million dollars in a dormant fund and needs a bank account to send it to the UK!... What a wonderful land of opporchancity Nigeria is :-)

Done a similar thing, I paid the small fee of £10,000 to cover the transfer fee etc. Just waiting on the funds getting put in to my account now, easy peasy!

[Fergie_6 1,078]

I thought he played for USA last month? Now Nigeria? Haha

You thought wrong then fool

[MartyM1872 16]

You thought wrong then fool

Aye awrite Fergus.

[Fergie_6 1,078]

Aye awrite Fergus.

Aye Awrite Martin

[allgers 735]

Probably got a letter,

Dear Nathan Oduwa,

My Uncle is part of the selection committee

I also had such amazing luck just last week. That same head coach bloke has 10million dollars in a dormant fund and needs a bank account to send it to the UK!... What a wonderful land of opporchancity Nigeria is :-)

Was just heading down to the bottom to post something similar.

[ricksen_da_best 2,034]

The most blatant piece of racism you'll see all day.

Fucking disgusting.

:lol: right enough

[piperpete 3,186]

I can top that. Apparently my long lost uncle is the prince of Nigeria, at least according to a very legit email he sent me. All he needs is my bank account, sort code, csv, national insurance, a few recent bills and my passport and he's going to send me a load of cash.

I feel we may be related as my long lost uncle sent me the same sort of letter, he is either at it or we are about to become rich.

[gersandy 594]

Capped for England at 17's 18's and 20's, I would doubt very much if he'd want to play for Nigeria as long as he's still involved with England's set up.

To be fair, i dont see him ever getting to the level of England international. Fantastic player, but will settle at a level below that.