Perspective from Sport

The dust must have settled now among a cross-section of the Nigerian fans and media following the invitation of Tammy Abraham to the English senior team. Gareth Southgate has always stressed that he will give a lot of young stars a stake to claim the English shirt if they merit it. The question now is; what is the fuss about foreign-bred Nigerians? The current leadership of the Nigerian Football Federation under Amaju Pinnick has vigorously pursued foreign-born Nigerians such that when he eventually leaves the office, that could be one of his legacies. So after successfully negotiating the switch of players like Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) and Ola Aina (Chelsea - currently on loan to Hull), he decided to pursue Abraham's switch of allegiance to Nigeria. Pinnick had stated in one TV interviews that Tammy's dad was his friend.He believed their friendship could be a factor that would ease the switch. Some weeks back, the picture of Tammy Abraham, Pinnick and Tammy's dad was seen

The truth is being a local based player was a bad experience in the camp then, the gap in class was just too wide, you have to be very very confident in yourself to even be able to stand up.  I mean these guys stroll into camp in their flashy cars , speaking french and even german language. You cannot even sit in their midst ...for crying out loud they were   speaking in french and discussing how they are going to play against Oliver Khan, Vialli or some other widely known stars that you read about or watch on TV. Who born you?  All we do is bunch up together like a bunch of star struck kids...to eavesdrop on the gist where they are generous enough to speak in English. The youngest ones in the camp then were the richest and the flashiest. JJ was JJ very flashy and naughty...he was not proud or arrogant but he had this way of staying to himself. He was close with Amo (Amokachi)...you are most likely to see the two together. Ikpeba was flashy, arrogant, brash and loud...he was