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made Eagles stronger by introducing Iwobi, Moses, Iheanacho: Oliseh
Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has stated that the
national team was weak until he introduced some young players into the squad
after his appointment as coach in 2015.
Hale End Academy product Alex Iwobi was being groomed to play for Nigeria’s
Olympic national team by Samson Siasia but was fast-tracked into the Super
Eagles by Oliseh ahead of friendly matches against Cameroon and DR Congo
despite the fact he was yet to debut for Arsenal’s first-team.
Oliseh Hale End Academy product Alex Iwobi was being groomed
to play for Nigeria’s Olympic national team by Samson Siasia but was
fast-tracked into the Super Eagles by Oliseh ahead of friendly matches against
Cameroon and DR Congo despite the fact he was yet to debut for Arsenal’s
first-team.
In addition, the likes of Moses Simon, Wilfred Ndidi,
William Troost- Ekong, Abdullahi Shehu, andKelechi Iheanacho made their
international bows under Oliseh. ‘’One of the first things I did when I got the
job was to bring a lot of young blood in because the team itself was already on
the wane,’’ Oliseh said to ESPN.
‘’Players like [Alex] Iwobi, I brought into the team, I gave
him his first call-up, and some others who had been sidetracked like Moses
Simon. “I brought them in and pushed them up.” Oliseh stepped down as coach of
the Super Eagles in February 2016, citing breach of contract by the Nigeria
Football Federation.
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