Per reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com Reading of England midfielder Michael Olise is the top target of coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr to fill the number ten role.
The senior national team of Nigeria have been searching for a playmaker to help ease the burden of relying on wingers to supply passes to the strikers with Alex Iwobi the present number ten of the team struggling to make his mark.
Olise has impressed mightily this season at Reading with five assists to his name placing him as second in the assist chart of the English Championship where Reading are looking good for promotion.
The 19 year old who has played twice for France at U18 level qualifies to represent Nigeria via his parents. He is also eligible for England but at the moment only Nigeria have made an approach to him.
Rohr’s technical assistant Tunde Adelakun spoke with the representative of the left footed midfielder with the hope of having him in the team when they resume the race to the 2021 AFCON in March.
There is the likelihood of the midfielder coming to the camp of the team alongside his teammate Ovie Ejaria who is expected to be cleared by FIFA to switch to Nigeria from England where he played for their youth team.
