The international future of high flying Bournemouth midfielder Philip Billing is far from over with his agent leaving the door open to a potential switch of to the senior national team of Nigeria.
Billing has been capped thrice by Denmark at senior level but he is still eligible to represent Nigeria. His last cap for Denmark came last year when he played 45 minutes in their 2-0 win over Austria.
Since then he has been mad to endure the role of an unused substitute twice in games against Croatia and France respectively. He wasn’t named in their 26 man list for the World Cup in Qatar last year.
This season he appears to have found his level six goals already from his deep lying role in the middle. He scored against Arsenal after nine seconds going into the record books as the second fastest goal in the history of the English Premier League. Last weekend he also scored the winner in the 1-0 win over Liverpool.
His run of form made former captain of the senior national team of Nigeria John Obi Mikel to ask him to consider a switch to Nigeria and be a part of the building process by new coach Jose Peseiro.
Reacting to the request from Mikel, his agent via mail told OGN that playing for Nigeria still remains an option to him even though he has twice said he is committed to a future with Denmark, where he feels more at home.
” The last coach did something in his head and the idea isn’t leaving anytime soon. Yes he still wants to continue playing for Denmark but you can never tell what could happen in the future or maybe next month. Give it some time”, his reply to our mail reads.
Daniel Martins
