,
Nigeria Olylmpics squad
coach, Kadiri Ikhana has
stated that Inter Milan
striker, Obafemi martins
has no place in his squad
at the moment. Wonderkid
Martins is quickly
becoming an annoyance to
the Nigerian FA becuase of
a series of no-shows. Most
recently, he pulled out of
the Nations Cup team at
the last minute, claiming
that his position at his
club would be threatened
if he left for the
tournament. Just days
later, there were reports
that Cameroon had him
drafted for their next
Olympic qualifying match.
In Martins' defense, he
quickly announced that he
had no intentions of
playing for Cameroon. At
that time, the FA made it
clear that it had no
intention of begging
Martins to play for
Nigeria.
Coach Ikhana is currently
leaving Martins out of the
U23 squad becuase "he
needs to clear his
snobbish behavior with the
FA". Nigeria is in the
same qualifying group as
Tunisia and Senegal.
Tunisia has eight points
while Nigeria is tied with
Senegal with seven points.
It is an emergency for
Nigeria now as Tunisia can
dictate its own destiny.
Nigeria will get a chance
to play both Senegal and
Tunisia again before
qualifying is over and
Ikhana will be intent on
using players who are
willing to play hard for
their country.
Nigeria Olylmpics squad
coach, Kadiri Ikhana has
stated that Inter Milan
striker, Obafemi martins
has no place in his squad
at the moment. Wonderkid
Martins is quickly
becoming an annoyance to
the Nigerian FA becuase of
a series of no-shows. Most
recently, he pulled out of
the Nations Cup team at
the last minute, claiming
that his position at his
club would be threatened
if he left for the
tournament. Just days
later, there were reports
that Cameroon had him
drafted for their next
Olympic qualifying match.
In Martins' defense, he
quickly announced that he
had no intentions of
playing for Cameroon. At
that time, the FA made it
clear that it had no
intention of begging
Martins to play for
Nigeria.
