Why Nigerian Football Coaches Should Ignore Foreign Bred Players - Aderonke Bello

As a professional journalist, I know how normal it is for the media to sing praises of players born and bred abroad with Nigerian roots, some even leave the local players and start to hype the foreign based professionals.

It is no longer news that Jordon Ibe who has redefined the pronunciation of his name as ‘hybe’ seemingly to denounce his Nigerian roots, has opted for England. I disagree that he snubbed Nigeria but will rather say that, he snubbed the Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, a home-made/bred ex-player hunting for foreign-made/bred players and who vehemently attempted to persuade him to play for the Eagles.