Super Eagles Win Again! Another Foreign-Born Star Chooses Nigeria Over England

• Femi Seriki has hinted astatine choosing Nigeria implicit England for planetary football
• Sheffield United defender has impressed with 19 appearances successful the Championship this season
• Seriki joins much foreign-born talents who are picking Nigeria owed to nationalist pridefulness and opportunity

The Nigerian nationalist squad has scored different large triumph successful the planetary football space, arsenic Femi Seriki, a 22-year-old defender for Sheffield United, appears to person chosen to correspond Nigeria implicit England astatine the elder planetary level.

Seriki, who has played 19 games this play for Sheffield United successful the English Championship, has been a accordant performer successful a broadside pushing for promotion to the Premier League.

Sheffield United's Femi Seriki is the latest England-born subordinate who has committed his planetary aboriginal to Nigeria. Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt
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The Blades presently beryllium 2nd connected the table, conscionable 1 constituent down leaders Birmingham City, with automatic promotion successful wide sight, BBC reports.

Born successful England to Nigerian parents, Seriki is eligible to play for some countries but has yet to beryllium capped astatine immoderate level.

However, a caller viral video has sparked excitement among Nigerian fans. In the video, Seriki is seen responding to a instrumentality who asked erstwhile helium would perpetrate to Nigeria. With a smile, helium replied: “Hopefully soon.”

This subtle but important connection has fueled speculation that Seriki could beryllium connected his mode to joining the Super Eagles, becoming the latest successful a increasing database of foreign-born players choosing to correspond Nigeria internationally.

Nigeria’s propulsion connected foreign-born players grows stronger

Seriki’s determination to play for Nigeria alternatively than England is not an isolated case.

In caller years, Nigeria has successfully attracted a big of foreign-born talents who person opted to play for their ancestral homeland alternatively than their countries of birth.

Femi Seriki volition travel successful the footsteps of Ademola Lookman, Alex Iwobi, and Ola Aina, who decided to dump England to play for the Super Eagles. Photo by Martin Rickett
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Players specified arsenic Alex Iwobi, Joe Aribo, Maduka Okoye, Ola Aina, and Semi Ajayi person each taken the aforesaid way and go cardinal figures successful the nationalist team.

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has made deliberate efforts to scout and integrate these talents, offering them the accidental to vie connected the biggest stages, specified arsenic the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and FIFA World Cup.

For galore players, the entreaty lies successful representing their heritage, embracing their taste roots, and securing much regular planetary shot than they mightiness person with much competitory nations similar England.

Seriki’s clip could beryllium now

If Sheffield United unafraid promotion and Seriki continues to impress, a Super Eagles call-up could travel arsenic soon arsenic the adjacent planetary window.

Nigeria's coaching staff, led by Eric Chelle, is intimately monitoring young players crossed Europe, particularly those eligible done descent.

Femi Seriki’s blend of pace, antiaircraft discipline, and method quality makes him an breathtaking imaginable for the future.

His willingness to deterioration the greenish and achromatic could people the opening of a promising planetary vocation and further grounds of Nigeria’s increasing power successful planetary football.

Chelle excited astir upcoming friendlies

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Super Eagles caput manager Eric Chelle has reacted to the news of the Nigeria Football Federation confirming the team’s information successful the 2025 Unity Cup.

The Super Eagles, disconnected the backmost of a mixed March planetary break, volition reconvene successful May to enactment things successful bid up of the instrumentality of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier successful September.

Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica volition play successful the four-nation tourney betwixt May 27-31, scheduled for the Gtech Community Stadium successful Brentford.

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Source: Legit.ng