Nigeria coach, Shuaibu Amodu, has revealed that he has not considered a recall for Udinese midfielder Christian Obodo because he is slow and cannot fit into his team.

"Obodo is a very creative player, but the problem is that he is too slow for my team," Amodu told Soccer Star newspaper.

There has been a clamour for Amodu to play creative players in the midfield, so much so that there was a recent suggestion for former skipper Austin 'Jay Jay' Okocha to come out of retirement and feature for the Super Eagles again.

"I don't think the issue of not being creative in the midfield should be much of a problem because we have been able to manage that to get to where we are," he added.

"We will continue to make use of our strong departments to cover up where we are lacking. We have to use our strengths."

Amodu also disclosed that victory is top priority for Nigeria in a make-or-break World Cup qualifier against Tunisia on September 6 in Abuja.

"The important thing is to win and get the three points that will give us the leadership of our group," he said.

After three rounds of matches, Nigeria are two points behind leaders Tunisia in Group Two of the qualifying series. Only the overall winner of the group will qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa.

Ibime:

If Obodo is slow, then Mikel is inert!

There has been a clamour for Amodu to play creative players in the midfield, so much so that there was a recent suggestion for former skipper Austin 'Jay Jay' Okocha to come out of retirement and feature for the Super Eagles again.

MrCrackles:

Why wont he be slow, when he is over 40 loaded with eba and akpu, and claiming to be 24-25!