Newly invited Super Eagles defender Felix Agu has opened up on why he decided to switch to ditch the idea of representing Germany at senior level in favor of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Agu was first approached by Nigeria in 2019 by former coach Gernot Rohr but he picked the option of playing for the U21s of Germany. However at the age of 25 he has now completed the paperworks to play for the senior national team of Nigeria.
Included in the squad for the upcoming Unity Cup which started today with Jamaica taking on Trinidad and Tobago, before Nigeria will take on Ghana tomorrow in the tournament’s other game.
Agu is hopeful of getting a chance and said he has been given a nice welcome by the players in the squad, and has enjoyed the training under Eric Chelle.
“It’s been one and a half days with all the guys and it’s been good. Very good, like everyone accepted me pretty well. We spend like one training session already. And yeah, it’s nice being here. I’m happy, happy to be to be called up, and I’m enjoying my time”, he told the media channel of the Nigerian team.
He detailed the process and why he decided to opt for the senior national team of Nigeria after playing two friendly games for the U21s of Germany five years ago.
” I had the first contact with the Federation (NFF) and right away I wanted to speak to the coach, and I did have good talks with the coaching staff. And yeah, then once, once we had the call, it was pretty easy decision for me to decide to play for Nigeria, because it’s a good way also to connect also with my roots, so it was a pretty pretty easy.
“This has been on and I’ve been following the team especially the qualification games recently and the last African Cup of Nations.
” So this, this was like the most recent games, the biggest African African nation and it’s like everyone in the world everywhere you go you meet Nigerians and like to represent the country. This is like to me the biggest honor. So, so I’m very, very happy”, he concluded.
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