‘He’s not my son’ – Sunday Oliseh clears air on Michael Olise

Former Super Eagles manager Sunday Oliseh has addressed rumours regarding his alleged paternity of Bayern Munich guardant Michael Olise.

In his clarification, Oliseh, who is besides a erstwhile Super Eagles midfielder, expressed disappointment that the Bayern Munich subordinate opted to correspond France alternatively of Nigeria.

Olise was eligible to play for Nigeria done his father, for England by birth, and for Algeria done his mother’s lineage, earlier yet choosing to correspond France.

The player, who held quad-national eligibility, has represented France astatine U18, U21, U23, and elder levels.

Despite the Nigeria Football Federation’s attempts to person Olise to articulation the Super Eagles, the efforts were unsuccessful, arsenic helium had already pledged his allegiance to Les Bleus.

He was included by erstwhile Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr successful the squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho, but helium did not enactment successful either match. He besides missed a scheduled gathering with erstwhile NFF president Amaju Pinnick successful London anterior to the 2022 World Cup.

“When I ticker Olise play, it frustrates me. I can’t assistance but deliberation that helium should not beryllium donning the French nationalist squad jersey; helium ought to beryllium wearing Nigeria’s green-white-green,” Oliseh remarked connected Global Football Insights.

“This is wherefore our radical tin beryllium amusing. Some adjacent sent messages question...