According to Tijjani Babangida on loan Galatasary of Turkey defender Valentine Ozornwafor has no business in the senior national team of Nigeria due to his inactivity at club level.
Ozornwafor was a part of the squad for the last round of international games but didn’t get to play in any of the two World Cup qualifiers, which Nigeria started off on a bright note with a 2-0 win over Liberia before another 2-1 win away to Cape Verde.
Although Ozornwafor was called up as part of the enlarged squad, Babangida insist he is for now not suppose to be around the time unless he start getting games at club level.
Presently out on loan to Belgium side Charleroi, the former Nigeria U20, U23 defender has played more games for the senior national team of Nigeria than he has at club level the past one year.
He played in the back to back friendly games against Cameroon even though he has only played one game at club level since the start of last season. Babangida said it’s not fair on other players who are regulars to be left out for his sake.
“ How do you call a player to the senior national team with zero games at club level? Who does that? Valentine need to earn his spot in the team by playing well for his club. For now he has no spot in the team and I expect the coach Gernot Rohr to drop him in favour or players getting regular run of games”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
