NFF Boss Pinnick Holds Another Round Of Talks With QPR Young Star Eze In London

Published: November 24, 2019

The NFF have resumed talks with Queen Park Rangers Eberechi Eze over switching his international allegiance and turning out for the Nigeria national team, the Federation confirmed on Sunday morning.

The President of the country's football governing body, Amaju Pinnick was at Craven Cottage in London on Friday to cheer on the midfielder in their league game with Fulham and it has been confirmed that he held talks with the player about turning out for Nigeria.

Eze has, however requested to be given some more time to make his decision, with a focus on his club career much more important to him at the moment.

Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr is believed to be an admirer of the 21-year-old and is hoping Pinnick uses the close relations he has with the boy's father to lure him.

Eze has trained with the Super Eagles before a cancelled friendly against Burkina Faso in March 2017 but has since gone on to add to his youth caps by making competitive debut for the England U21 team, an appearance which made it a lot more difficult for Nigeria's advances.

Emmanuel Chinaza