Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh says the Tremendous Eagles might attain a better stage if extra Nigerian gamers carry out persistently in Europe’s prime competitions.
Talking on the International Soccer Insights Podcast, Oliseh highlighted Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman as prime examples. Each gamers are at present competing on the highest stage within the UEFA Champions League and are anticipated to play key roles for his or her golf equipment through the knockout levels this season.
“We now have two prime Nigerian gamers now doing nicely within the Champions League. We now have Osimhen performing brilliantly, and Lookman is phenomenal too,” Oliseh mentioned. “All we want now could be for these two to steer the workforce and for the others to comply with, and you’ll have it.”
He added that the success of Nigerian gamers in elite membership soccer has a wider affect past the nationwide workforce. “For the Tremendous Eagles to enhance, our gamers should be shining within the Champions League. That’s the prime stage,” he defined. “It brings publicity, extra money, extra transfers, and other people begin listening to your nation. That’s the holy grail of membership soccer.”
Osimhen lately gained the MVP award in a Champions League playoff match in opposition to Juventus, whereas midfielder Raphael Onyedika impressed with Membership Brugge, regardless of his facet being eradicated by Lookman’s Atlético Madrid within the knockout stage.
Oliseh believes that as extra Nigerian gamers attain the Champions League and different elite competitions, the Tremendous Eagles will develop into stronger and extra aggressive on the worldwide stage within the coming years.
This concentrate on European efficiency, he insists, is essential to lifting Nigeria’s nationwide workforce to new heights.
