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BETRAYERS: Ogunjobi stops Kalu, Opabunmi from Faro/ANC.
Daily Independent Online. * Friday, January 9, 2004.
Ogunjobi stops Uche, Opabunmi from Faro
By Ben Alaiya
Sports Editor
NFA Chief Executive, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi has halted the bid of two of the country’s promising players from joining the Super Eagles training camp in Faro, Portugal, saying he has instruction from the coaching crew that they were no longer needed.
The scribe had excused Kalu Uche and Femi Opabunmi to be part of the U-23 team that played against Tunisia and Senegal and they were to fly out immediately to Portugal.
Early this week, the two players attempted to catch the flight to Faro and they could not.
Matters however came to a head on Wednesday, when they were told in unambiguous terms that they may no longer be required in Faro because of the short period required to name the squad for the Nations Cup.
Opabunmi particularly was reported to have said he felt betrayed as he was on another national assignment, which eventually led to his being dropped.
On his part, Uche had wanted to use an appearance at the Nations Cup to re-launch his career which had been in limbo following a bitter row between his present club, Wisla Krakow and Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam for his signature when the last transfer window opened. The player preferred Ajax but Wisla insisted he can’t go hence the current logjam until FIFA ruled that he must first return to Ajax before joining the club of his choice.
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Ogunjobi stops Uche, Opabunmi from Faro
By Ben Alaiya
Sports Editor
NFA Chief Executive, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi has halted the bid of two of the country’s promising players from joining the Super Eagles training camp in Faro, Portugal, saying he has instruction from the coaching crew that they were no longer needed.
The scribe had excused Kalu Uche and Femi Opabunmi to be part of the U-23 team that played against Tunisia and Senegal and they were to fly out immediately to Portugal.
Early this week, the two players attempted to catch the flight to Faro and they could not.
Matters however came to a head on Wednesday, when they were told in unambiguous terms that they may no longer be required in Faro because of the short period required to name the squad for the Nations Cup.
Opabunmi particularly was reported to have said he felt betrayed as he was on another national assignment, which eventually led to his being dropped.
On his part, Uche had wanted to use an appearance at the Nations Cup to re-launch his career which had been in limbo following a bitter row between his present club, Wisla Krakow and Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam for his signature when the last transfer window opened. The player preferred Ajax but Wisla insisted he can’t go hence the current logjam until FIFA ruled that he must first return to Ajax before joining the club of his choice.
MORE: http://www.dailyindependentng.com/daily ... 090411.htm
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When they came for the socialists, I was silent, because I was not a socialist;
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When they came for the socialists, I was silent, because I was not a socialist;
When they came for the trade unionists, I did not protest, because I was not a trade unionist;
When they came for the Jews, I did not protest, because I was not a Jew;
When they came for me, there was no one left to protest on my behalf."
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