Nigerians have urged the Nigeria Football Federation to do all it takes to ensure that Crystal Palace attacking midfielder, Michael Olise, plays for the Super Eagles in the near future.
The midfielder who has been in superb form for Place this season was born in England to a Nigerian father and a French-Algerian mother and is eligible to represent France, England, Algeria and Nigeria.
Olise has previously represented France at the U-18 level featuring in two games.
Eagles interim coach Austin Eguavoen was recently in England and had a meeting with the midfielder and Nigerians after watching his impressive display for Palace this season have called on the NFF to secure his services for the Eagles as he would be an asset for the nation after Leicester City’s Ademola Lookman who recently committed to playing for Nigeria.
A Twitter user @spillzamlai called the left-footer a gem, urging the federation to do everything to secure his services.
“The NFF need to do everything they can to convince Michael Olise to play for the Super Eagles. He’s a gem.”
@Mo_Abdul14 tweeted, “We need Olise in the Super Eagles, boy plays with a different kind of swagger.”
@_jagajay wrote, “Olise is eligible to play for either Nigeria, France, England and Algeria. He’s yet to feature in a senior national team. If NFF show seriousness they can get him to play for Super Eagles in the World Cup. This is the time to lobby for this player.”
@99armanii added, “Hope we get to bring Olise of Crystal Palace to the Super Eagles. The guy is a certified baller.”
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