As we count down to the day when the list of invited players to the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON 2023 qualifiers will be made public, head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has a player who wants his attention.
Peseiro’s team will take on Guinea Bissau in back to back AFCON qualifiers game starting with the home tie in Abuja on the 24th of March before travelling to Morocco for the reverse tie on a yet to be announced date.
Ahead of the naming of the squad for both games Udinese forward Isaac Success has put himself up for a spot in the team on the back of his recent run of form for his team in the Italian Serie A. He has played 22 games this season from a role just behind the striker.
” I don’t know why I am not in the team because my form hasn’t been bad. I have played a lot this season and my team isn’t doing badly. I know the coach is aware of my availability and hopefully he will give me the chance that I think I deserve”, the 27 year old told OGN.
He has played four times for the senior national team of Nigeria and all came during the tenure of erstwhile coach Gernot Rohr. The technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Austine Eguavoen is a huge fan of the power playing forward.
It’s still not clear if that will be enough for him to get a look in and possibly add to his present cap. His club have already rewarded his fine form with a new contract signed in December keeping him at the club till 2024.
Daniel Martins
