Bayer Leverkusen winger Nathan Tella is prime to join his teammate Victor Boniface in the senior national team of Nigeria when they begin the quest to reach the 2026 World Cup, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Born in England to parents of Nigerian descent, Tella who hasn’t been capped at any level by both countries moved to the Bundesliga table toppers in the summer from English Championship side Southampton.
He made the move after an extra ordinary performance while on loan to Burnley, he played a huge part in their promotion to the English Premier League with 19 goals and five assists in 45 games in all competitions.
Although he is yet to hit the same height with Leverkusen with just a goal to his name from eight games, the 24 year old is the first choice pick of coach of the Nigerian team with doubts over the availability of Ahmed Musa who was supposed to be back in the team especially with Chukwueze out injured.
Musa suffered a relapse upon his return from a two months lay off leaving him in a race against time to be fit for the first two games of the 2026 world cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe respectively.
Tella who is traditionally a right winger will get his first call up per what we exclusively gathered with talks already held with Peseiro. He has also gotten his Nigerian passport paving the way for him to play for the team.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
