Austin Eguavoen, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF), has shared what gamers within the Nigerian second-tier league (NNL) should do to be thought of for the Tremendous Eagles.
Eguavoen defined that whereas the possibilities for gamers from the NNL to be known as up are slim, they have to be affected person and proceed to carry out nicely. He additionally reassured that the NFF Technical Division is carefully watching distinctive gamers and can invite them when the time is correct. He pointed to the instance of Sensible Metropolis’s Afeez Bankole, who was invited to affix the Tremendous Eagles B workforce for his or her match in opposition to Ghana.
“You need to crawl earlier than you stroll,” Eguavoen instructed BSN Sports activities.
He added, “We’re already keeping track of the NNL to herald high quality gamers for the Tremendous Eagles. For instance, Afeez Bankole of Sensible Metropolis was invited to the CHAN Eagles, and he confirmed such top quality that you simply couldn’t inform the distinction between him and NPFL gamers. I’m unsure if he made the ultimate listing, however he was in camp with the final set of gamers. This exhibits that we’re monitoring distinctive abilities within the league.”
Eguavoen, who guided the Tremendous Eagles to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), additionally talked about that the workforce will discover out their group opponents on Monday when the CAF draw takes place in Morocco.
On the time of this report, the Nigeria Nationwide League is having week seven matches of the 2024/2025 season with some video games streamed dwell, affording alternatives for this gamers to be watched and presumably earn nationwide workforce call-ups.
