The interim technical adviser of the senior national team of Nigeria Austine Eguavoen has taken his first step towards convincing Crystal Palace duo of Michael Olise and Ebere Eze to pledge their allegiance to Nigeria.
Eguavoen is in England alongside his assistant Emmanuel Amuneke with the aim of seeing Super Eagles players base in the country and also have a meeting ahead of the crucial world cup qualifiers playoff game against Ghana in March.
The duo who are with the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick also the general secretary of the football house Dr Mohammed Sanusi will also meet with players of Nigerian descent, who have played for other countries.
Top of the list is the duo of Eze and Olise who have played for England and France respectively at youth levels. They are also eligible to play for England as well. Olise can also play for Algeria.
Yesterday, Eguavoen met with UK based Nigerian David Doherty who is the brain behind Team Nigeria UK and also played a role in the decision of Ola Aina to switch allegiance to Nigeria.
Doherty in 2017 brought Ebere Eze to the Super Eagles training camp in London and he is reportedly still very close to the midfielder, who is a close friend of Olise.
Details of their meeting hasn’t been made public but it is believed that having the duo switch allegiance to Nigeria is something they discussed and meeting the players is also on the menu.
