Ex-Champions league winner with Chelsea to switch allegiance from England to Nigeria

• The Nigeria Football Federation is powerfully competing with the Football Association of England to unafraid a UEFA Champions League winner
• The Young Lions subordinate is yet to person an invitation to correspond the elder nationalist team, creating an accidental for the Super Eagles
• Coach Eric Chelle has been touring Europe to person players similar Ethan Nwaneri, Noah Atubolu, and respective others to articulation Nigeria’s ranks

Super Eagles manager Eric Chelle is reportedly monitoring the advancement of a left-winger playing successful the Italian Serie A.

The 47-year-old is scouting players for the planetary friendlies scheduled for adjacent June.

Under the Malian coach, Nigeria person played 2 competitory matches, securing a triumph against Rwanda and a gully against Zimbabwe.

England U21 subordinate Faustino Anjorin is acceptable to power allegiance to Nigeria aft failing to play for the Three Lions during the planetary break. Photo by: Mike Egerton/PA Images.
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Anjorin acceptable to play for Nigeria

UEFA Champions League victor Faustino Anjorin could correspond the Super Eagles aft missing retired connected a spot successful the Young Lions' squad for the caller planetary fixtures.

According to AllNigeria, the 23-year-old presently plays alongside Super Eagles fullback Tyronne Ebuehi astatine Empoli.

The Lokomotiv Moscow subordinate failed to marque the England U21 squad owed to injury, arsenic reported by BBC.

A Chelsea academy graduate, Anjorin has a beardown accidental of switching allegiance to Nigeria owed to his attacking benignant and eligibility done his father, Sheriff Anjorin.

The left-winger, who has antecedently played for England’s U17 and U19 teams, needs to taxable paperwork to FIFA for a one-time alteration of association.

Super Eagles manager Eric Chelle is reportedly considering the versatile subordinate for the upcoming June 2025 planetary matches per Leadership.

Anjorin would articulation the likes of Ademola Lookman, Alex Iwobi, and Ola Aina, who each made the power from England to Nigeria.

Faustino Anjorin failed to diagnostic for the Three Lions during the planetary interruption owed to injury. Photo: Image Photo Agency.
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Abiola says Super Eagles request exceptional players

Nigerian writer Gbenga Abiola believes the Super Eagles request players who can marque a important interaction successful midfield.

Speaking successful an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng, Abiola emphasised that since the status of Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, George Finidi, Victor Ikpeba, and Pius Ikedia, the state has struggled to find suitable replacements. He said:

“I’m blessed that Super Eagles manager Eric Chelle is taking a bold measurement by touring Europe to person players to correspond Nigeria. One country wherever the Super Eagles are lacking is successful the midfield, and it’s becoming evident.“In the existent squad, we don’t person a originative midfielder who tin marque a important quality erstwhile it matters. We hoped Alex Iwobi could capable the shoes of Jay-Jay Okocha, but that relation is bigger than him.“I anticipation the manager tin unafraid the players helium needs to marque an interaction with the Super Eagles and, ultimately, suffice for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.”

Premier League prima disregard Super Eagles

Legit.ng earlier reported that Jacob Murphy will not represent the Super Eagles of Nigeria up of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Super Eagles manager Eric Chelle had extended an invitation to the Nigeria-eligible subordinate during his European tours earlier returning to Nigeria.

The erstwhile England U21 subordinate is yet to correspond the English squad successful the elder class and hoping to get 1 nether Thomas Tuchel.

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Source: Legit.ng