Ola Aina's World Cup Snub : Man City Trio Show Solidarity,Vow To Turn Down Nigeria If Approached

Published: June 09, 2018

Versatile Chelsea fullback Ola Aina might have taken his omission from Nigeria's World Cup roster in the right way when he publicly wished the Super Eagles all the best at the 2018 World Cup.

However, there are repercussions over that move made by manager Gernot Rohr, with foreign-born talents of Nigerian descent based in England vowing to turn down the opportunity of playing for the Super Eagles if approached by the Nigerian Federation.

This website can exclusively report that the very talented Manchester City trio Tom Dele-Bashiru, Lukas Nmecha and Tosin Adarabioyo, who have all debuted for City's first team, are no longer interested in playing for Nigeria.

''Dele-Bashiru, Lukas Nmecha and Adarabioyo are the hottest young players in England at the moment,'' a top source close to the three players told allnigeriasoccer.com.

''They are unhappy over the way Ola Aina was treated by Gernot Rohr and the Nigerian Federation, and they don't want to play for Nigeria again as they could face the same fate.

''Apart from his debut against Argentina, Brian Idowu has not impressed in all the games he has played for the Super Eagles and Echiejile was not playing for his second division club in Belgium, Aina should have made the 23-man squad.''

Aina became cap-tied for Nigeria when he replaced Elderson Echiejile in the closing minutes of the Super Eagles 1-0 win over Zambia in Uyo last October.

The former England U19 skipper has made four appearances for the Super Eagles.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel