BAYERN Munich youngster, David Alaba, says he should have been playing representative football for Nigeria but was denied by stringent eligibility rule by football officials in the country.

Alaba, whose father is Nigerian and of Filipino mother, plays for Austrian national team but only after he has been turned down by Nigeria.

The defender said he actually planned to join Nigeria's cadet team which won the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship at South Korea but words reached him of his ineligibilty

''I wanted to play for Nigeria but I must confess that there was no formal approach for me. A scout actually discussed that with me. I was excited because of my dad, he was a fan of Sunday Oliseh when Oliseh played for FC Koln. As a kid, I loved to watch Victor Agali in the jersey of Hansa Rostock,'' he told an Austrian news medium.

However, Alaba was shocked when told by the scout that Nigeria had plans mainly for its home-grown talents.

'' I got the information that Nigeria will only consider those who were in the country perhaps because of travelling logistics and that is the end of that."



http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/sports/7508-why-i-dumped-nigeria-david-alaba.html%EF%BB%BF

.....Alaba, whose father is Nigerian and of Filipino mother

Oh, so that explains his straight hair. If you look closely in the background you will see his Filipino relation. Omo, ehn African gene strong gan.

Anyway, Congrats to the new EU Champions & one luv bro.

If na terrorist you go hear, 'no he has never been to Nigeria, he's not Nigerian', but since he's a star, we'll try to remind him of his Nigerian roots.

wellmax: If na terrorist you go hear, 'no he has never been to Nigeria, he's not Nigerian', but since he's a star, we'll try to remind him of his Nigerian roots.

On the contrary. . .

We welcome all our esteemed terrorists too with warm hands. We love them and grant them STATE PARDON.

Or don't you know Alamiesiegha was a financial terrorist? Along with all the other political terrorists?

breezy047:


On the contrary. . .

We welcome all our esteemed terrorists too with warm hands. We love them and grant them STATE PARDON.

Or don't you know Alamiesiegha was a financial terrorist? Along with all the other political terrorists?

make we hear word abeg

Otutu1: make we hear word abeg

Smh

airmark: BAYERN Munich youngster, David Alaba, says he should have been playing representative football for Nigeria but was denied by stringent eligibility rule by football officials in the country.

Alaba, whose father is Nigerian and of Filipino mother, plays for Austrian national team but only after he has been turned down by Nigeria.

The defender said he actually planned to join Nigeria's cadet team which won the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship at South Korea but words reached him of his ineligibilty

''I wanted to play for Nigeria but I must confess that there was no formal approach for me. A scout actually discussed that with me. I was excited because of my dad, he was a fan of Sunday Oliseh when Oliseh played for FC Koln. As a kid, I loved to watch Victor Agali in the jersey of Hansa Rostock,'' he told an Austrian news medium.

However, Alaba was shocked when told by the scout that Nigeria had plans mainly for its home-grown talents.

'' I got the information that Nigeria will only consider those who were in the country perhaps because of travelling logistics and that is the end of that."



http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/sports/7508-why-i-dumped-nigeria-david-alaba.html%EF%BB%BF

You see i have always been of the opinion that every player whether foreign or homebased should be given a consideration at all levels. I dn't like this idea of giving special considerations to home based when we equally have more exciting foreign based players. Keshi is guilty of this.

Ok the so called Mathew Edile that played in the position where Alaba could possibly had played, where is he today?

Really, home grown players? This guy is Nigerian and is likely to be of the right age, not like most of the home-grown players who are fathers and elder brothers to him. If our best players are foreign-based, some could be allowed and not outrightly rejected.

Very unfortunate. I hope we don't miss another Alaba again.

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If the guy was only in Keshi's team, men na semi final all the way for Brazil o, imagine the build up from Alabi to Onazi, Mikel, Moses or emenike, even German National team go fear fear.

Sadly its only a wish, I hope just like someone said earlier we will never loose another Alaba again.

dayokanu:

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That pass to Arjen Robben was a Killer, its worth more than the money that was paid for Gareth Bale

Otutu1: make we hear word abeg

Na joke d guy dey naa....

we missed out big time. This guy is still so young and doing amazingly well for debatebly the top team in the world (bayern)..if he had him we would have SO MUCH more strength in our defence.. i hope we keep out eyes open for a potential gem like this in the future

Goke7: If the guy was only in Keshi's team, men na semi final all the way for Brazil o, imagine the build up from Alabi to Onazi, Mikel, Moses or emenike, even German National team go fear fear.

Sadly its only a wish, I hope just like someone said earlier we will never loose another Alaba again.

On point ! He wud av added so much cuttin edge 2d left wing of d eagles. He reminds me of udeze.

u sound like a baca fan, na pple like u tery g sing for. Wuruwuru trowe badbele trowe. No compare Bale wit anybody else. quote author=Goke7]

That pass to Arjen Robben was a Killer, its worth more than the money that was paid for Gareth Bale[/quote
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[quote author=festusfeezy] u sound like a baca fan, na pple like u tery g sing for. Wuruwuru trowe badbele trowe. No compare Bale wit anybody else. quote author=Goke7]

lol unfortunately I am not barca fan I was only trying to describe the worth of that goal and fortunately, am a big fan of Bale and real madrid.

Are u okay now?

i'm proud of this dude. if i was in shoes i wont even consider playing for dis fukd country. more over this shld be on FP

bboiabb: we missed out big time. This guy is still so young and doing amazingly well for debatebly the top team in the world (bayern)..if he had him we would have SO MUCH more strength in our defence.. i hope we keep out eyes open for a potential gem like this in the future

Yes another gem may come is in the name of seyi that was dropped by Obuh but was picked by arsenal recently. So what was it that obuh didnt see that wenger saw in the young tall defender. And obuh even went to Turkey with those old slowpokes.

He can still switch to nigeria in the future.
If we do well in Brazil and he is interested he is still young. Even Ameobi came around in the end.

sweet_gala: He can still switch to nigeria in the future.
If we do well in Brazil and he is interested he is still young. Even Ameobi came around in the end.

Man he is a full Austrian International. Its not possible.

Mikocake:
Man he is a full Austrian International. Its not possible.

that's what I don't get. If he couldn't make the age grade, why didn't he try the senior team eventually? Instead he settled for Austria that will probably NEVER win a cup. If he was eligible, Keshi would've called him up just like he did Bright Dike, Moses and Ameobi. I don't subscribe to the 'if you try and fail, take whatever else you get' idea. The joining of the Austrian team is suicide for the international career, he'll end up like Ryan Giggs, Aboutrika and Bale, great players who will never see the World Cup, difference being, he had an option.

safarigirl: that's what I don't get. If he couldn't make the age grade, why didn't he try the senior team eventually? Instead he settled for Austria that will probably NEVER win a cup. If he was eligible, Keshi would've called him up just like he did Bright Dike, Moses and Ameobi. I don't subscribe to the 'if you try and fail, take whatever else you get' idea. The joining of the Austrian team is suicide for the international career, he'll end up like Ryan Giggs, Aboutrika and Bale, great players who will never see the World Cup, difference being, he had an option.

The Austrian FA were wiser,they saw the talent in him and they offered to cap him at a very young age before anybody could discover his full potential and as a young player who was relatively unknown,he was too hard to turn down.He was capped at age 17 or 18

safarigirl: that's what I don't get. If he couldn't make the age grade, why didn't he try the senior team eventually? Instead he settled for Austria that will probably NEVER win a cup. If he was eligible, Keshi would've called him up just like he did Bright Dike, Moses and Ameobi. I don't subscribe to the 'if you try and fail, take whatever else you get' idea. The joining of the Austrian team is suicide for the international career, he'll end up like Ryan Giggs, Aboutrika and Bale, great players who will never see the World Cup, difference being, he had an option.

The Austrian team isn't that bad bro and I'm sure Nigeria would struggle against them..the fact is that as some point in a player's career he has to make certain decisions in order to forge ahead probably for his club careeR..clubs respect full international a lot.

Mikocake:
The Austrian team isn't that bad bro and I'm sure Nigeria would struggle against them..the fact is that as some point in a player's career he has to make certain decisions in order to forge ahead probably for his club careeR..clubs respect full international a lot.

I didn't say they're that bad. But amongst teams like Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France, Portugal and Sweden, they're as good as hopeless. I mean, Senegal would've qualified if they were an Asian team or a North/Central American team, but they ended up on a reasonably tough continent. It was a rash decision, one he may regret once in a while.

Mikocake:
The Austrian team isn't that bad bro and I'm sure Nigeria would struggle against them..the fact is that as some point in a player's career he has to make certain decisions in order to forge ahead probably for his club careeR..clubs respect full international a lot.

....oh! And it's sis, not bro. The (f) after safarigirl is not a typo *smileyface*

safarigirl: ....oh! And it's sis, not bro. The (f) after safarigirl is not a typo *smileyface*

iThink you're a (m)

Ajibel:

iThink you're a (m)

lol, why so? I'm (f) trust me

[quote author=safarigirl]I didn'

safarigirl: ....oh! And it's sis, not bro. The (f) after safarigirl is not a typo *smileyface*

Noted..are u from east Africa??