It has been revealed that Real Sociedad striker Sadiq Umar was not one of the players Super Eagles interim coach Finidi George recommended for the friendlies against Mali and Ghana.
The NFF announced a 26-man squad for the friendlies against Mali and Ghana with the understanding that the NFF technical department headed by Augustine Eguavoen compiled this list.
However, it was also understood that Finidi was also asked to make his own contributions to this squad list and in doing so, he did not recommend Sadiq Umar.
Sadiq led a protest in camp after he did not get even a minute of game time in the two friendlies.
His inclusion to the Super Eagles has often generated heated debates because more deserving players were overlooked for him.
He is allegedly favoured by the leadership of the NFF and even his fellow teammates revealed that he often brags about this by describing himself as “NFF boy”.
Sadiq also sparked controversy before the recent AFCON when he was ruled out by a knee injury only for the striker to feature for his Spanish club in a cup tie some days later.
Wor wor player
Lol And the guy is good footballer but don’t know what is wrong with him of late
Painting a player black with your poor write-up will not make you a good writer. You just write a piece without a single evidence, everything you say here is quackery not journalism. Please, improve and learn evidence based journalism.
It amazes me how sadiq uma is constantly invited ahead of Terem Mofi. It seems due to favouritism because in perking order of attacking value, Mofi is miles ahead of him.
Una dey get time for Nigeria matter, didn’t you someone from the north saying, it’s time for the north to coach the super eagles, just because, NFF is avoiding a competent coach like Emma Amunike,how has the country gone with this kind of mentality, they have not resolved common coach replacement because of this, the country is waiting for that white coach they want to employ,as at last count, all the foreign coaches they have employed, have one story or the other to tell, the only foreign coach that did extremely well,in person of Clement westahof,was because, Nigeria government of president babangida,sat on the neck of NFF, Nigeria press and NFF fought this man until the last day he left our shores, I can only appeal to president Tinubu to do the same to this people, they are using tribe to destroy the name of the super eagles, when they don’t have their way