The Football world have had their attention stirred once again by The Super Eagles unique travel outfit to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

With many rating the team’s World Cup jersey as being the best, the jersey has been the most talked-about in the build-up to the World Cup.

Recalls that queues could be seen outside stores to get the kits produced by Nike as fans set out to get theirs on the day the jersey was officially released.

The Super Eagles landed in their Essentuki base in the early hours of Tuesday after they left their Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria, to Russia on Monday for the 21st FIFA World Cup finals.

The pictures of the team adorn in traditional attire flooded the social media on the day of the team’s departure for Russia.

“First, it was the announcement of their tournament kits that sent football supporters crazy. Now it is their travel attire that has got everybody talking,” the Daily Mail wrote.

“They nailed it with their kits, and have delivered the goods yet again as they boarded their plane to Russia, wearing traditional Nigerian clothes" – Buba and Sokoto.

From head to toe, the Nigerian squad indulged in their culture and clearly has no intentions of blending in with the crowd.

While sticking to tradition, however, designers of their outfits have also kept faith with football by placing footballs on the collars of the white-and -green outfits.

John Bennett, a BBC Sport reporter and presenter in a tweet said: “First the amazing shirts, now these outfits. The Nigeria team is not only just getting on the plane to Russia but already winning.”

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