Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles’ coach has expressed optimism that more overseas-based players of Nigerian descent would pledge their allegiance to the country before Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
He said this in an interview monitored by our correspondent on Nigeria Football Federation’s Youtube page.
The coach earlier said new players would not be accommodated for the Eagles’ African Cup of Nations qualifiers, but seems to leave the doors open for World Cup qualifiers.
When asked about his preparation for the World Cup qualifiers, Rohr said some departments in the team needed to be worked upon.
He said, “I think at first, we have to follow what they (Nigeria players) are doing. And we still have to work on some departments in our team, and like we do always, we will scout our players, we will watch the games, we will go and meet some of them, and we will have also perhaps good news if one of the big players we are searching for , who can play for two countries, accepts to play for us.”
The 2022 World Cup qualifiers for African section will start in March with the draws to be conducted in December.
The teams will be split into ten groups of four teams with the winners advancing to play each other in a home and away tie to determine Africa’s five representatives.
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