Mumu article. This ode wan use us draw the attention of the 3-Lions head coach. If he really wanted us, he knows the simple thing to do, which is writing to FIFA. Not all these empty talks.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) expressed "excitement" and "delight" after former England youth international Ademola Lookman was cleared by Fifa to play for them at senior level.
Football's world governing body, Fifa, approved the 24-year-old's switch from England, for whom he helped win the Under-20 World Cup in 2017.
The Leicester City forward was eligible to play for the Super Eagles through his parents and the clearance means that he could play in the two-legged 2022 World Cup play-off against Ghana next month.
"We are excited about this positive news because it comes as a major boost for the national team," NFF director of communications, Ademola Olajire, told BBC Sport Africa.
"He's now eligible to play for Nigeria starting with next month's matches, but a decision whether to invite him or not is the sole responsibility of the coach.
"Lookman is a great addition to the Super Eagles and after a long wait, we are delighted that he can finally play for us."
Long road
Having represented England at Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 level, Lookman will be looking to play for the West African nation in major tournaments like the Africa Cup of Nations and the Fifa World Cup.
But the process to get him to switch international allegiance began in 2020 when the team secretary Dayo Enebi prepared all the required documents on the NFF's part.
However, the application suffered a long delay due to the player's inability to sort out his Nigerian passport aa well as his failure to provide a written request for a change of association in line with Fifa regulations.
Lookman only completed the paperwork this week which enabled the NFF to file a fast track application for his clearance.
So after embarrassing himself yet again yesterday, you all now pretending like you all never said he was gonna bamboozle Chelsea defense? You all thought I wouldn't notice?
Kog45: Kalu and Dennis should wait nah abi no be dem talk say dey should be excused for now.....we need players that would give us 100% performance against Ghana.
Kalu isn't in form, Dennis should not be dropped. You can't crucify him for someone else's errors
13large: Amoo an inexperienced unproven player at a backwater league to bench ejuke. You must be a YouTube mpuru miri analyst. Ewu! By the way, what’s up with Nigerians and trying to discard experienced players anytime a youngster emerges?
Ejuke has not justified his inclusion in the national team. Dude plays secondary school football.
By the way, you should be ashamed of yourself for failing to spell those simple Igbo words correctly. Ifere megbuo gi nwa nkita
nelszx: Many will ignore the 3 months part and say it took 2 years. The desire to switch nationality solely depends on the players willingness. If the player is willing, it's faster.
Switch doesn't start until the said player writes to FIFA. Lookman wrote to FIFA last 3months, and today he has been cleared. Disregard the falsehood told here by Komekn, he knows nothing
Took just 3months to clear Ademola Lookman. Dude made official his desire to play for the eagles in mid November 2021, and also wrote to FIFA same month. Today, he has been cleared to play for Nigeria. Good news!!
komekn: To those without eyes they think they can see but only darkness and unfortunately they think that everyone else has no eyes like them.
There is no other second tier in the whole of Europe that players move to top leagues as much as the Championship.
The EPL is the best most competitive league in world, that being the case , we can make an informed projection to say the Championship is better than leagues rated 8 and above ❓
Napoli has a top Midfielder on loan from a Champion side ,in the name of Anguissa.
Currently Spence 21 year old left back for Nottingham is wanted by the creme de la crème of Europe top clubs. So also is his team mate Johnson .
But of course to the blind it's an Ogbomosho akpa - Akpro league. The same league that our best Midfielder IMO was not able to have dominance with Stoke City.
Below a clip of Spence making Arsenal's Martinelli look ordinary, the same way this Championship club flogged Leicester city 4-1.
Spence as an excuse? Okay Spence is 21 and rightly using the league as a stepping stone, while Ogbomosho Akpa-Kpro is already in his prime 25, yet can't make it out of the god-damned championship. Dude is already looking the way of Sammy Ameobi
And there will be others from the top leagues of Europe like teenager Afena Gyan.
It will be interesting to see how quickly Ghana can get the change of FIFA of allegiance from England to Ghana . Will it take 21 days as is normal or 3 years as the case with our NFF where Ovie, Ademola is concerned.
Ovie Ejaria is crap, that is why he is rotting away in the championship. He is not good enough for the super eagles
You should compare mumin with awaziem, ozonwafor, and bassey dem not with an over 30 year old balogun
Don't act like I was talking about Balogun. You said Aribo's cost was poor because he was signed from the league one, so what excuse do you have now that he still can't command upto 10mil even as a Scottish league player?
charlesemeka85: the same own goal you won’t take serious is where you got your news of olise not seeing us as an option and only open to playing for France or Algeria
Coming to aribo we’re you expecting him to be sold for 100m from league one?
Even the mumin news are all rumor so why not we wait until next window
As you pray for nmimi to make the move you should as we pray for nwakali to follow suit cus with the look of things he may be released this in the summer
But even as he dun go Scottish league, he still no fit command upto 10mil. No be juju be that