In a bid to provide cover and also competition in the right back position of the senior national team of Nigeria new coach Jose Peseiro has taken the search to Turkey, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Presently Ola Aina occupies that role for Nigeria and it appears he has no one to deputize him as seen in the game against Algeria, where he was the only player to start both games with Nigeria drawing 2-2 and losing the second game 1-2.
Peseiro sees it as an area of concern hence has requested for extensive scouting on Fenerbahce right back Bright Osayi-Samuel, the full back comes highly recommended from the technical department of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
The 24 year old has made the right back position of the Turkish side his sole preserve in just two years at the club. As a matter of fact he was converted to a right back following his move from QPR where he was a midfielder or a winger.
This season he has played eleven games in all competitions with six coming as a right back and the others coming as the right sided wingback in a 3-5-2 formation. Last season he played 13 games as the right back in 43 games and in 12 games he was the wingback in a five man midfield.
That form has caught the eyes of Peseiro who has instructed his team to take a look at the defender ahead of the next international round of games, where Nigeria will take on Portugal.