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Nigeria's Ogenyi Onazi Denied Work Permit To Join Birmingham by Saintsquare(m): 8:56pm On Aug 16, 2017 |
Nigeria international Ogenyi Onazi has been denied
a work permit to play for English Championship side
Birmingham City.
Birmingham had agreed terms with the 24-year-old
to sign him from Turkish club Trabzonspor.
However the Football Association turned down a
first application for a work permit for Onazi last
week.
An appeal made by the club was rejected on
Wednesday despite Onazi being a regular in the
Nigeria national team.
BBC Sport understands that the player and his
representatives are bitterly disappointed that the
panel rejected an appeal.
Onazi has played 38 times for the Super Eagles and
helped them to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
and reach the last 16 of the World Cup in Brazil a
year later.
However Nigeria's failure to qualify for the past two
editions of the Nations Cup has affected his
chances of securing a work permit to play in the
English Championship.
Despite appearing in over 80% of the national team
games, Onazi failed to earn a permit after the FA
considered the West African nation's world ranking
in the past two years.
They are ranked 38th in the August 2017 ranking,
but Nigeria finished 54th on aggregate over the past
two years.
Onazi joined current club Trabzonspor from Lazio
last year and scored twice in 27 Turkish Super Lig
matches last season. m.bbc.com/sport/football/40950438 |
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