Despite stating his willingness to play for Nigeria few years ago, Liverpool red hot teen Ovie Ejaria appears to have committed his international future to England following his recent call up to the England U-20 as exclusively reported by Owngoalnigeria.com last week.
Ejaria has been named in Paul Williams’ 24-man squad for the England U20s’ upcoming clashes with the Netherlands (October 5), Germany (October 7) and the United States (October 10).
Ejaria’s inclusion comes as something of a surprise, given the midfielder’s previous statement of allegiance to Nigeria, shortly after joining Liverpool from Arsenal.
“Though I was born in England, my parents are Nigerians,” the youngster said in 2014, “so I have pledged my international future to Nigeria.”
This is far from a definitive move, however, with Ejaria’s future under contention until he turns out for either the England or Nigeria senior sides.
But omitted from a youthful Nigeria squad for their World Cup qualifier against Zambia next month, despite the inclusion of Premier League youngsters Uche Henry Agbo, Alex Iwobi, Isaac Success and Kelechi Iheanacho, this could prove to be a significant move.
