Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has insisted there is no disunity in the squad.
His comments come after a week, when Ahmed Musa was reportedly begged not to dump the Nigeria national team.
The Leicester City winger feels disrespected, after the captaincy drama that ensued before the friendly match against Senegal in London, when he was replaced by Onazi Ogenyi .
Musa is said to have stormed out of the Eagles hotel in London by 6am and was therefore not part of the practice match on Monday at the Hive Stadium.
“We are in very good spirit in our team,” Rohr told the nff.com.
“We are a happy family with solidarity and harmony amongst ourselves – the players and staff. The management, backroom staff and the players have a common focus – to qualify Nigeria for the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. And I would like every Nigerian to share in this focus and stop giving negative reports.”
He added: “I am in constant touch with all our players. I talk to them from time to time; and my staff too. Everybody is good with the philosophy that we have, the results we have achieved so far, and the unity is re-assuring.
“You must look at the situation when we learnt that the second friendly match against Burkina Faso was cancelled. In most other teams, players would start to leave, when there are no more matches to play. But in our case, not one single player chose to leave.
“Rather, more players were coming. We had new, young and hungry players arriving to join us. It is a sign that the word is going round on the big effort of the staff, the fact that we are getting results and many players now want to be a part of it.”
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