Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has said that his shying away from inviting players who feature in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is in order, insisting that Nigeria’s best players are based in Europe. Rohr gave this damning verdict before the media while reviewing the Super Eagles’ latest outing in London.
He said: “Our best players are playing in Europe,
“Senegal, who we played against in London had no local player. The big teams don’t have local players.”
“Next week, I will be in Nigeria to see some games. I have watched some league games already, but the players there are not better than what we already have,” he said.
“The quality of the clubs could be seen from the African competitions where Wikki Tourists and FC Ifeanyi Ubah crashed out of the CAF Confederation Cup, while Rangers and Rivers United exited the Champions league.”
The Eagles coach will, however, offer the home-based players a chance in the CHAN Eagles and also said he will be in Nigeria next week to watch some league matches with the hope of scouting more players for the national team.
“The local players will feature in the CHAN,. We will see them there”, Rohr emphasized.
It could be recalled that Rohr only called up FC Ifeanyi Ubah’s goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, for the Eagles London camp.
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