‘Nigeria is bigger than any player’: Kanu Nwankwo to Tomori & Abraham England call-ups

Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham have been called up to England’s squad for the upcoming 2020 Euro qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. As both were eligible to play for Nigeria, the Super Eagles’ icon Nwankwo Kanu has shared thoughts on the issue.

“Our problem is that whenever someone starts doing well, we start chasing them which is not bad because other countries do that,” the former Arsenal striker said, quoted by Goal.

“I feel we don’t need to force people to play for the country because Nigeria is bigger than any player. We have quality players everywhere so we can’t continue to beg one player to play for us. Nigeria cannot beg, players have to beg Nigeria.

“The best way to always go about this is by talking to them to play for their fatherland. If they do, it’s good for us and if they don’t we move on. That’s football and I think we have enough and we can win matches without them.”