Super Eagles interim coach, Austin Eguavoen, don respond to tori wey dey show say Chelsea defender, Tosin Adarabioyo, dey ready to change hin international allegiance from England to Nigeria. Adarabioyo, wey be 27 years, na England e dey born but im papa and mama na from Naija, so e dey fit play for both the Three Lions and the Super Eagles.
Di centre-back, wey don pass through the ranks for Manchester City and get one correct season for Fulham before e land for Chelsea this summer, don represent England for different youth levels but dem neva call am for the senior team. As Gareth Southgate neva select am for the Euros, the tori be say Adarabioyo don dey reason hin options and e dey open to play for Nigeria.
For one recent interview, Eguavoen confirm say Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) dey monitor Adarabioyo matter. Even though e neva talk directly with the Chelsea defender, Eguavoen still yarn say d guy na better player and any Nigerian player wey dey any part of the world fit play for the national team.
“I neva talk with Tosin, but e be good player,” na wetin Eguavoen yarn reporters. “E dey among the players we dey monitor. Any Nigerian wey dey play for any corner of the world get right to play for Naija, including Tosin.”
If Adarabioyo choose to play for Nigeria, e go fit join with di oga Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong, to make the national team defense strong well. With di serious AFCON qualifiers wey dey come, including double-header game against Libya wey go start in two weeks, getting player like Adarabioyo go be big boost for Nigeria squad.
Eguavoen dey focus on preparing di team for di matches wey dey come while di speculations on Adarabioyo decision still dey go on.
