Former Nigerian international Eric Ejiofor has advised the Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle to extend invitations to players in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) ahead of the team’s friendly games in May and June.
Recall that Nigeria will compete at the 2026 Unity Cup alongside Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and India from May 26 to May 30 in London.
In June, the three-time AFCON winners will face Poland and Portugal in highly anticipated friendly matches.
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Speaking with Brila FM, Ejiofor stated that the current Super Eagles squad is aging and called for the invitation of young players to the Super Eagles.
“It’s an opportunity to see this new players in every position.
“We will use this friendly to test and identify good players. We will see if they can fit into the team.
“The core of the Super Eagles is aging, so we need younger players with whom the Coach can effect the transition we need.”
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NPFL players have plenty of chances in the CHAN setup where they belong.
Let them prove themselves first at that level, but with the charade we saw last year at the CHAN and the CAF club competitions, we can as well buy super glue and keep our fingers crossed permanently.
No wam.
However, if we lose badly, they will call for ya head!
Tread cautiously.
Chan has been holding since 2009 and npfl players have only smelt the medal zone once albeit silver.
They conveniently forget also npfl has zero Continental magic also.
Why they are so fixated on entering the senior teams when they bastardized all age grade teams (hardly 2 foreign born players are allowed to play in these cadet teams) really baffles me.
Enemy of progress.
This is why they want local coaches in the senior teams to trade our future for personal greed
@Sly, NFF never try to do the right thing. Nigerian football will die if this people continue. It is high time we kick them out of office. We should not be shy to speak the truth about these crooks.