Watford player of the month Emmanuel Dennis is facing the prospect of not getting call up to the senior national team of Nigeria under present coach Gernot Rohr, OwnGoalNigeria.com understands.
Dennis’s name was missing from the list of players called up for the last round of games, despite the fact that he has started the season in good form for his new team Watford in the English Premier League.
It appears he might be in the wilderness for a while after an act of indiscipline during the course of one of the games he played for the team, sources close to the team has revealed.
The 23 year old was unhappy that he was left on the bench in one the games of the team and made his feelings known to coach of the team who didn’t take his outburst likely.
Rohr’s unhappiness with the forward started from when he was told to drop to the U23s during the qualifiers for the U23 AFCON. He reluctantly went and had a fall out with coach of the team Imama Amapakabo who in turn briefed Rohr.
He was subsequently axed from the team by Imama, same fate awaits him in the Super Eagles except Rohr has a change in mind and sees a total improvement in his character.
“ It’s sad that character might limit Dennis from fulfilling his potentials. His case is similar to that of Isaac Success. Rohr has written them off due to their poor attitude. It’s why he wasn’t in the last squad and he might not get another chance as long as Rohr remains”, a team source revealed.
