Omeruo Opens Up: My Situation At Chelsea Denied Me Super Eagles Chance

Kenneth Omeruo has admitted that his situation at Chelsea had denied him the opportunity of representing the Super Eagles.

The central defender, who joined Kasimpasa on loan few days before the end of the summer transfer window, has not played a competitive game for the national team since November 2016.

Omeruo was left out of the Super Eagles rosters for matches against Cameroon and Zambia, and was placed on standby for this month's international games before he was handed a late invite following an injury suffered by Trabzonspor's Eddy Onazi this past weekend.

''If I’m honest, I thought not being settled during the summer denied me a chance in the Eagles and the boys were doing well,'' Omeruo told completesportsnigeria.

''At the back of my mind I thought the main reason was because I was not playing regularly and now I have joined Kasimpasa and I’m a regular there so I have a chance now to prove my class again and I will take it.''

Omeruo is match fit ahead of the Super Eagles last two games of 2017 as he has clocked up ninety minutes in each of the last six games in the Turkish Super Lig.

Igho Kingsley