"All Attention Will Be On Nigeria Now" - NFF Secretary
By Uche Dozie
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Secretary, Sanusi Mohammed says all attention will be on Nigeria now with the quality of players the country parades presently BSNSports.com.ng reports.
With the great form and recent achievements of Nigerian players making exploits abroad, Sanusi believes the focus will be on the Super Eagles.
"The focus now will be on Nigeria and Nigeria players going by the performance of our players in the international scene the likes of [Victor] Osimhen, Kelechi Ihenacho, [Wilfred] Ndidi and the rest of them. I believe all attention will be on Nigeria now," He enthused.
Speaking particularly on the friendly between Nigeria and Cameroon on 6th June in Austria, the NFF scribe says the rivalry between the two teams makes the tie unique.
"You know that when you go back to record what is between Nigeria and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have always been an interesting one. The rivalry between them has always been very tough."
He tells of the reason for the federation's choice of Cameroon.
"We as a federation will not just want to take any team that will not give us any value - value in terms of our ability to test our athletes."
The likes of Kelechi Ihenacho, Paul Onuachu, Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo have been in the spot light at their respective club side in Europe this current season.
Nigeria will play Liberia, Cape Verde and Central Africa Republic in group C of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers.
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