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JohnBullMySon:
No chief, I’m still saying the same thing I’ve earlier. FIFA nationality law basically requires two things. One is that a country has given you citizenship (evidence of a passport). Two is that you actually have ties to country (evidence being birth certificates, parents birth certificates, proof of residency as required by FIFA).

The first is what I’m saying that FIFA can’t nullify based on laws outside their jurisdiction. FIFA can’t police how a country gives you citizenship that’s why the second requirement exists.

The second they can nullify because if you’re not born in the country or parents were not actually citizens of the country then that requirement has been violated and any documents provided are false.

It’s a strange case because they meet FIFA requirements apparently but their own law is mired in some controversy. I don’t see how FIFA can legally make any judgments from that law.

Strange case how? 😂 allow FIFA do their job or have you resumed there and left the African Union?

solonnachi:
Under FIFA regulations, possession of a passport alone does not guarantee eligibility to represent a national team. Players must satisfy domestic legal requirements and comply with FIFA’s rules governing changes of international allegiance. Reports suggest that some of these conditions may not have been fully met, with additional questions raised over the documentation of at least one player who had previously declined an international call-up.

Omoh truth be say this argument don tire me. Let’s all agree to disagree. I don’t want to drag this into another day as I no get the strength.

No more mentions abeg. Everyone just believe what you think is the correct thing. I could be right and you could be right.

solonnachi:
I think FIFA still can.
Under FIFA regulations, possession of a passport alone does not guarantee eligibility to represent a national team. Players must satisfy domestic legal requirements and comply with FIFA’s rules governing changes of international allegiance. Reports suggest that some of these conditions may not have been fully met, with additional questions raised over the documentation of at least one player who had previously declined an international call-up.

All Congo needs to do is to provide all the documentation that the players met the domestic law requirements and that will be the basis of FIFA verdict anything less then countries will just be smuggling players from anywhere to represent them

Tessyy1701:
I have forgotten some of the English they were using on this thread then

😂 you don forget Contingency?

AFCON is just 5 days away.
Why is nobody talking about it?
Una no get joy for this thread ooo

solonnachi:
AFCON is just 5 days away.
Why is nobody talking about it?
Una no get joy for this thread ooo

I Dey tell Una …we go just Dey pretend especially ppu picking winning afcon over World Cup qualification….ordinary rumour about us qualifying again ,we don already forget afcon ,🤣🤣🤣,World Cup is d real deal

JohnBullMySon:
No chief, I’m still saying the same thing I’ve earlier. FIFA nationality law basically requires two things. One is that a country has given you citizenship (evidence of a passport). Two is that you actually have ties to country (evidence being birth certificates, parents birth certificates, proof of residency as required by FIFA).

The first is what I’m saying that FIFA can’t nullify based on laws outside their jurisdiction. FIFA can’t police how a country gives you citizenship that’s why the second requirement exists.

The second they can nullify because if you’re not born in the country or parents were not actually citizens of the country then that requirement has been violated and any documents provided are false.

It’s a strange case because they meet FIFA requirements apparently but their own law is mired in some controversy. I don’t see how FIFA can legally make any judgments from that law.

But FIFA can nullify a result on the grounds of fraud. It is a fraud on the part of DR Congo to issue a passport to Wan-Bissaka when their constitution forbids dual citizenship. That case could be argued and proven as fraud.
The 2007 moratorium was to suspend enforcing punishment on those with dual citizenship, not to suspend the law against dual citizenship

Bruhh! Really annoying that I can't just vex and comot from my mind anything SE. Especially with these set of players.

M7even:
Having a mixed feeling joining this thread again since our disappointing result against DR congo. I thought I was gonna go on a long break. But here we are again. I hope I haven't missed much though.

Hahaha! It's the same time of the period, the time of the moment when E.F.Males will crawl out of their bunkers to watch the news flying around rekindling their hopes for World Cup Qualification.
Only to be disappointed when they loose to Egypt today.

Afobear,we will be waiting for them here from next week.

Flavour nabia, Agbim, Egwueke. Keshi (RIP) no try that year in terms of player selection truth be told.

elyte89:
Late keshi had d worst list ever in Nigeria 🇳🇬 to rep us in a tournament..baba carry uchebo, Gabriel , and oda names wey we Neva hear go World Cup

CapitalCee:
Ij

Your deflection tacticts is legendary i swear, you surreptiously tried every thing you could to ignore the evidences i showed you just from few days ago, I have seen worst on this thread if you search backwards. Where people are Calling northerners names on several occasion blaming them for national teams failures. You chose to ignore that. Baba you are a big hypocrite and i will die on this hill.
First can you first admit that you gave a false info by saying he is in div 2 and rarely plays? And You are not agreeing with me that he plays regularly for the sake of conceeding. Its 100 FACT. ADMIT YOUR ERRORS.

Again, I have not justified the inclusion of Usman anywhere, I am just curious that of the 28 man list, only the northerners are singled out for condemnation, backed up by the call to divide Nigeria and the federal character rubbish, and this has been a regular pattern here. shey you no see that one abi? Nonsense.
I am not a northerner and I love the inclusion of Tochukwu Nnadi and other new faces, there are 28 players there, in previus AFCONs its 23. Addition of 5 other players to give them the chance is commendable. Emmanuel Emenike was 27 during the AFCON that he helped us won, he was moving accross the backwaters of Europe before Keshi gave him the chance. Likewise Sunday Mba who was about the same age playing in NPFL before Keshi picked him. Marcos Senna made his debut for spain at 29 and won the Euros the only tournament he played for spain at 32. So spare me the age card, emotional blackmail, its trash.

At least this arguement will sensor the quick urge of people here to stop profiling players based on their tribe or region, but clearly on merit. Every Nigerian player deserve a chance, its not the exclusive right of anyone. Udo

You get time to Dey reply that m***u. With his long epistle like that of the Nigerian constitution.
I just discovered Usman Mohammed I'd the guy that scored the wonderful, stunning goal against Athletico Madrid in Uyo. That alone proves he is a player with confidence and moreover, skilled!
I wonder how many players in the current SE fold can take on a player one-one not to talk about taking up to 3 players at once and scoring an exceptional goal. Is it their best attacking player(Iwobi) that dances around the ball and always jittery infront of goal that will give them Afcon?
Usman's inclusion is long overdue and it's a welcomed development.

Bannedlargejr:
To those of you ignoring DR Congo obvious breach of their Constitutional law pertaining FIFA clearance. Ask yourself how come FIFA an organization that usually take over 1 year to clear west African players were able to clear 6 Congolese players in few Months. It happened simply because there was a breach of their own Constitutional law. A player like Victor moses and Ademola lookman weren’t cleared to play for Nigeria in over 2 years and Nigeria has a Dual-citizenship Law in effect. I do not care whether NFF is an inept organization or super eagles aren’t in form. The law is the law and anyone that breaks the law should be penalized for it. Otherwise, it fails to become the law

This is what I told here last month. Just like in the case of Gift Orban. Why hasn't he been cleared after a long time. It's almost 3yrs he said he wants to represent Nigeria, but FIFA dey look into his matter.

Dannyxy:
I no wan put body for this matter.

But the same person wey talk say fifa no go remove S.A point, the same person wey dem no go no remove second place point, na still the same person Dey pessimistic.

This should give you your answer already, DRC is screwed.

I don’t want us to go, but see fifa rule is fifa rule, and once it’s up, and they look into it, then it’s most likely true.

Yes. Being screwed? 💯💯
But, if that will make FIFA to cancel their qualification, that's another food of thought.

As Afcon 2025 approaches fast and furious. Why is Victor Osimhen not yet in camp with the squad ? Osimhen might be the best performer right now in the squad, but he has to drop that diva attitude for the him and the team to succeed. Up super eagles of Nigeria.

chrisooblog:
Flavour nabia, Agbim, Egwueke. Keshi (RIP) no try that year in terms of player selection truth be told.

keshi did well with the unknown squad he had in 2013. Or is because the players are from the eastern region that a lot of people here are complaining?. The 2014 World Cup squad selection may have looked dodgy but he is the first and only indigenous coach to lead Nigeria to the knockout stage of the World Cup. RIP keshi despite how the federation frustrated and stifled your efforts he still managed to created diamonds and emeralds from raw stones.

Whether Federal character or not, Nigeria is a Federation. Our constitution stipulates every region needs representatives at the highest level of the ministry, and sports is one of them.
Football is one(if not solely) harmonizing factor in this country that brings joy to millions of its citizen. Every region will be happy to have atleast one representative invested to the team.
NFF inclusion of 1 or 2 northerners in a wide list of 28 players shouldn't be an issue of debate but our task is to pressure them, in integrating the Best Form of athletes into the fold. We have had the best crop of players from the northern regions including our immediate captain Ahmed Musa who was retired unceremoniously that set a record many are yet to break till this day.
Let for us know that the term "federal character" is an active terminology in the Nigerian constitution and will always be upheld whenever matter of national interest arises.

solonnachi:
AFCON is just 5 days away.
Why is nobody talking about it?
Una no get joy for this thread ooo

The issue is if we keep struggling against so called minnows in African football as seen during our wcq so don’t blame people if they don’t have confidence in the team to do well in Afcon. It’s not their fault at all. I agree we must all get behind the team no matter what but mhen this one hard this time around hence the apathy towards Afcon. For me am watching Afcon as a neutral this time around

JohnBullMySon:
If false information was submitted to claim eligibility. Yes. That’s a valid one. FIFA will overturn the matches obviously.

I was only responding to those saying that FIFA disqualify them based on what was written in their own constitution not FIFA statutes. You get?

So what happens next if DRC is slammed?
The CAF play-off final will be replayed between Nigeria and Cameroon?

Your car has a flat tire. So instead of getting a fresh healthy tire with a long lifespan, you just decide to pick up the cover of a plastic bucket, punch a huge hole in it and find a way to install it in place of the flat tire. Mind you, the plastic bucket cover has been sitting in a shed for a decade, is visibly cracked, and it is not certain whether it will even manage to hold up the car's weight if the car should just move an inch. This analogy might sound silly but I believe it captures how unbelievably stew peed some people in this thread are.

What we have is not good enough, therefore let's make it worse and burn the whole thing down. That's the extent of critical thinking in this thread. No wonder your national team sucks harder than poorly boiled eggs.

aicon4s:
So what happens next if DRC is slammed?
The CAF play-off final will be replayed between Nigeria and Cameroon?

That could be a possibility!

AFCON group of death is Group B
Zimbabwe will Park bus & frustrate some teams
Other exciting groups are D & F but B will be filled with drama
I don’t see Zimbabwe ending up with 0 points.
They’d possibly get 2 or 3 points
They will end up third in the group with their haram football
Drama filled group loading
South Africa will defeat Egypt but struggle against Angola & Zimbabwe

If (a very big if) FIFA suspends DR Congo and Nigeria eventually makes it to the world cup

1. Will Troost-Ekong come out of retirement to play in the world cup?

2. How will Maduka Okoye be feeling with his decision to opt out of the AFCON and the possibility of the coach axing him from the team and not selecting him for America?

I imagine both would have conflicted emotions, and be ruing their decisions.

yinkeys:
AFCON group of death is Group B
Zimbabwe will Park bus & frustrate some teams
Other exciting groups are D & F but B will be filled with drama
I don’t see Zimbabwe ending up with 0 points.
They’d possibly get 2 or 3 points
They will end up third in the group with their haram football
Drama filled group loading

Don't know about this. Zimbabwe fired the coach that saw them through the WC qualifying campaign with halal tactics. If they switch up and start from scratch, which they likely will, dem fit collect wella for this AFCON, especially with all their opponents being bloodlusted for this AFCON. Egypt and SA mean business. They might get a draw against Angola though. Maybe even beat them.

semid4lyfe:
If (a very big if) FIFA suspends DR Congo and Nigeria eventually makes it to the world cup

1. Will Troost-Ekong come out of retirement to play in the world cup?

2. How will Maduka Okoye be feeling with his decision to opt out of the AFCON and the possibility of the coach axing him from the team and not selecting him for America?

I imagine both would have conflicted emotions, and be ruing their decisions.

WC is far away June. Enough time for Ekong to rethink (though idc for his return) and Okoye to play himself back to the team (though I think he is a freeloader)

semid4lyfe:
If (a very big if) FIFA suspends DR Congo and Nigeria eventually makes it to the world cup

1. Will Troost-Ekong come out of retirement to play in the world cup?

2. How will Maduka Okoye be feeling with his decision to opt out of the AFCON and the possibility of the coach axing him from the team and not selecting him for America?

I imagine both would have conflicted emotions, and be ruing their decisions.

It is what it is. Ekong has to stay put no matter what. He retired on a high note with mountains of accolades from his peers. All of that would be watered down and rendered nonsensical if he returns.

Saw this on twitter 😂

Doctor Congo invite their distant cousins come village meeting. Now, the elders of the community don request for DNA test.

Dem fit banish them for the village sha!

- Schools in Naija

QueenJazz:
It is what it is. Ekong has to stay put no matter what. He retired on a high note with mountains of accolades from his peers. All of that would be watered down and rendered nonsensical if he returns.

Sis, you know say hin eye go dey shook to go world cup.

What of weak mentality fine boy Maduka Okoye?

Odunayaw:
WC is far away June. Enough time for Ekong to rethink (though idc for his return) and Okoye to play himself back to the team ([b]though I think he is a freeloade[/b]r)

You're right about Maduka being a freeloader. For pulling such a stunt at this critical juncture, I don't want to see Maduka in the Super Eagles ever again.

semid4lyfe:
If (a very big if) FIFA suspends DR Congo and Nigeria eventually makes it to the world cup

1. Will Troost-Ekong come out of retirement to play in the world cup?

2. How will Maduka Okoye be feeling with his decision to opt out of the AFCON and the possibility of the coach axing him from the team and not selecting him for America?

I imagine both would have conflicted emotions, and be ruing their decisions.

If he comes out of retirement after qualifying,let’s just have it in mind dt we re making a case for Ahmed musa to also go …so if dt scenario plays out,make ppu no come
Here talk say make we divide d country cos of Ahmed musa inclusion 🤣🤣,Ahmed musa kuku Neva retire

Who remember say we get match today?😁

semid4lyfe:
You're right about Maduka being a freeloader. For pulling such a stunt at this critical juncture, I don't want to see Maduka in the Super Eagles ever again.

Especially considering that he was playing in the German regional leagues when we first called him. He has benefited more from us than we have from him quite frankly.