Part of the plans of the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro is to convince players who have represented other nations but are still eligible for Nigeria to consider joining his rebuild of the team.
Peseiro will once again lead the Super Eagles of Nigeria in another international friendly game when they take on Portugal on the 17th of November. He has already called up 20 players for the game.
He revealed that he will after the game initiate talks with Atalanta defender Caleb Okoli, who is a full fledged youth international for Germany but still eligible for Nigeria as he hasn’t been capped at senior level by the Italians.
Peseiro’s action has made the agent of another defender who is eligible for Nigeria to make it clear that his client is only keen on representing Italy and not Nigeria. He is Stefano Antonelli, the agent of Udinese defender Destiny Udogie.
Udogie is on loan to the Italian side from English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and a flying start to the season has been slowed down by injury hence narrowing a potential call up to the Italian team.
His agent is however optimistic that he will one day get his chance as the prefers Italy even though he is eligible for Nigeria. “It’s inevitable that Udogie will end up with the Italian national team, but Roberto Mancini will decide how and when”, he said on his client’s international future.