Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that Super Eagles’ new invitee, Ola Aina’s name was missing from the team 23 man list to face South Africa because his application for a change of allegiance from England to Nigeria has not been approved by FIFA.
For the same reason, the Chelsea winger did not bother to attend the national team’s get-together in Paris though he was invited by manager Gernot Rohr.
”The selection of the players is the sole responsibility of the technical crew, headed by the technical adviser (Rohr).
”If his name is not included, it means either the process (to change allegiance) was not completed or the TA might have picked someone else,” NFF Technical Director Bitrus Bewarang said.
A top source, who played a key role in convincing Ola Aina to play for the Super Eagles, has made it crystal clear that the defender remains interested in representing Nigeria ahead of the Three Lions.
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