Dickson Nwakaeme has alleged that younger brother Antony Nwakaeme has been overlooked by the Super Eagles because he refused some officials to act as his agents.
Trabzonspor winger Nwakaeme has only a cap for the Super Eagles.
Dickson Nwakaeme, who also played professionally in Europe and Asia before he quit the game, has now accused officials for overlooking his brother for the national team after he rejected an offer to act as his agents.
“They wanted to manage him and he refused,” Nwakaeme senior told Eagles Tracker in a YouTube interview.
“We don’t use managers (agents) because I suffered a lot at their hands, they do more harm than good.
“Football in Nigeria is big corruption, big politics and it’s killing the football.”
The older Nwakaeme further alleged that on the back of this refusal his brother was set up to fail on his Eagles debut against Algeria in 2017 as he was played as a striker when he is usually a winger.
He said currently Anthony Nwakaeme is doing far better than Ahmed Musa in Turkey, yet it’s the Super Eagles captain who gets to be called up regularly.
“My brother is doing 20 times what Ahmed Musa is doing in Turkey and yet it’s Ahmed Musa who is called up to the Eagles,” Dickson Nwakaeme said.
“The national team is nobody’s birth right even if you are captain and you are not doing well.”
You’re supposed to fight for your brother’s course not dabble into another player’s pedigree. Musa is far above your brother in terms of achievements for SE.
Anthony Nwakaeme is a good player no doubt about it but SE is blessed with formidable players. I concur with you on the notion that politics is badly affecting Nigerian football