EAGLETS CAPTAIN ALLEGEDLY OVERAGEFormer Green Eagles winger Adokiye Amiesimaka has claimed that Golden Eaglets captain Fortune Chukwudi is at least nine years older than he says he is.
Writing in his column for national daily, The Punch, Amiesimaka claims that Chukwudi played for his Sharks youth team as far back as 2002/2003 football season.
"In the 2002/2003, I was chairman of the Sharks of Port Harcourt," Amiesimaka wrote. "I decided to have a feeder team of fresh school leavers not older than 20 years.
"As the feeder team concept was relatively new and because I had my own ideas about how a team at that level should be handled, I also doubled as its coach.
"One of my key players then is the current captain of our so-called Under 17 team.
"By his own admission at that time, that is seven years ago, he was 18 years old. MRI test or not his football history is common knowledge.
"If we are not utterly irresponsible, how can he be eligible for this tournament when he is not less than 25 years old now?" Amiesimaka said.
http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=11986 This should be a HOT topic because I know a lot of people on NL are ready to roast the EAGLETS for no reason. Now that you have a semi-legitimate one. Roll on. . .start firing the bullets.
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