Super Eagles Assistant Coach Denies Condemning Alex Iwobi's Role As Eagles 'Number 10'

Super Eagles Assistant Coach Denies Condemning Alex Iwobi's Role As Eagles 'Number 10'

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Super Eagles assistant coach, Joseph Yobo has denied a media report that quoted him criticizing Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi has been inconsistent.

The media report on Monday morning quoted the former Super Eagles captain from an Instagram live interview session at the weekend that Yobo claimed Nigeria needs a new creative midfielder (Number 10) to replace Iwobi.

In an effort to clear to the air, Yobo through a voice note message came out via an audio to deny the report, he explained that the Everton midfielder is a good player who uses unpredictable style of play which makes it difficult for opponents to deal with.

In his words, “This is what clearly happened during the live interview session on Instagram, the anchorman said since Austin Jayjay Okocha retired Nigeria hasn’t gotten a proper number 10. So, I addressed his questions by saying even when Okocha was playing we had Wilson Oruma because he (Oruma) was my teammate and John Mikel Obi has done well for the National team as number 10 and he did a great job before he retired,” said Yobo in his official retraction.

“I said, I think Alex Iwobi can be a replacement for the number 10 role. I watched him at 2019 AFCON and the anchorman said, Iwobi is a good player but he’s inconsistent and I said, he is unpredictable and I like him.

“I don’t know where he (the writer) got it all crossed out, he changed my words, I didn’t use the word inconsistent for Iwobi, the anchor mentioned that. I said he’s unpredictable and I like him, and his game his hard for midfielders and defenders to understand what he’s going to do."

Yobo concluded and labeled the writer as being malicious.

He added; “The writer got it all messed up and it clearly shows he had malicious intent towards me.”