Actual Sociedad’s in-form striker, Edna Imade, is reportedly set to signify World Champions Spain as a substitute of Nigeria, regardless of a number of makes an attempt by the Tremendous Falcons to persuade her to play for her mom’s nation.
Tremendous Falcons head coach Justine Madugu confirmed that Nigeria has made a number of approaches to the gifted ahead however stated her brokers and membership are pushing for her to decide on Spain.
“I made approaches to Edna. We wish her to come back and play for Nigeria. I attempted to succeed in out two or 3 times to get suggestions on how she feels about representing Nigeria,” Madugu stated. “However the brokers round her and the group she performs for are actually attempting to get her to play for Spain.”
Imade, who’s on mortgage at Actual Sociedad from Bayern Munich, has been in excellent type this season. The 24-year-old has scored six objectives in her first six Liga F matches, making her one of many league’s high scorers and incomes her the Liga F Participant of the Month award for October. She additionally scored the decisive penalty that ended Barcelona Femení’s lengthy unbeaten league run.
Born in Morocco to a Nigerian mom, Imade has lived in Spain all her life and is eligible to signify three nations. Reviews counsel that she started the method of finishing her Spanish naturalisation earlier this 12 months, signalling her need to play for La Roja.
For Nigeria, shedding a participant of Imade’s high quality can be a significant setback of their efforts to draw high footballers of Nigerian descent. For Spain, her arrival would add much more power to their already world-class assault.
With paperwork reportedly near completion, Imade’s worldwide future now seems set with Spain — a disappointing final result for Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons.
