Did Eze make a mistake ?

[Dammy]

It’s a shame because he’s better than Cole Palmer or Gordon but it is what it is

[Dammy]

I spoke with my contact at the NFF, who had a chat with Eguavoen about Adarabioyo, and Egu confirmed that Tosin is not interested in playing for Nigeria. He further said that he’s only using Nigeria to garner interest from England.
Anyone of these boys interested in playing for us should reach out, we should stop chasing after them

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

I spoke with my contact at the NFF, who had a chat with Eguavoen about Adarabioyo, and Egu confirmed that Tosin is not interested in playing for Nigeria. He further said that he’s only using Nigeria to garner interest from England.
Anyone of these boys interested in playing for us should reach out, we should stop chasing after them

So that’s what the envelope was all about. Omo jati jati trying to use us to shine with England. E Dey crase?Does he know Nigeria is the king of flossing? Mscheeeew..

[bret- hart]

I spoke with my contact at the NFF, who had a chat with Eguavoen about Adarabioyo, and Egu confirmed that Tosin is not interested in playing for Nigeria. He further said that he’s only using Nigeria to garner interest from England.
Anyone of these boys interested in playing for us should reach out, we should stop chasing after them

Tosin and his agent brother are delusional. Good luck to them.

[Eaglezbeak]

So he cannot switch anymore?

He is forever aligned like the continuous weeping Nedum Onuoha. He is a King's man! to be exact, his majesty, the King's secret servant.

Good luck to him. I hope he makes the World Cup team!

He’s not making the World Cup squad unless he signs for Arsenal,Spurs,United etc any English player that plays in the same position at a better club than Palace will always be picked in front of him.

[Akure4Life]

So he cannot switch anymore?

According to the new FIFA eligibility rules, he can still switch but do we want a player who is only picking Nigeria because his first option did not want him?

[airwolex]

He will be fine. He's a good player. I am sure he has no regrets and can still get caps in the future

[pindal123]

Real Madrid's Diaz to represent Morocco



Real Madrid winger Brahim Diaz was on Wednesday named in Morocco's squad after deciding to represent the North African team rather than Spain.

Diaz was included in Walid Regragui's 24-man roster for the matches against Angola and Mauritania this month, the Moroccan Football Federation said in a statement.

The 24-year-old represented Spain in one game and scored against Lithuania in 2021.

FIFA rules say players can switch international allegiance as long as they have made fewer than three appearances for a country before the age of 21 and have not played for that nation for at least three years.

Former AC Milan winger Diaz has produced fine displays with Real Madrid far this season, scoring eight goals in 32 games in all competitions.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/r ... 024-03-13/

If i'm not wrong: since these are only friendlies, even if he is capped, he could still represent Spain in the future.

[pindal123]

Eberechi Eze made a HUGE mistake: he could be our AM, our n.10, our star. Now he is just a forgotten man. He can't anymore switch nationality for FIFA rules.

Tosin Adarabioyo also made a mistake, he could be a starter in our defence, but he will never be enough good for England. He can still represent Nigeria, but time passes for everybody.

Noni Madueke has never considered to play for Super Eagles. He would be very useful in our team. He is still 22 years old, and if he decides to play for us, he must make the switch as soon as possible.

[Damunk]

So he cannot switch anymore?

According to the new FIFA eligibility rules, he can still switch but do we want a player who is only picking Nigeria because his first option did not want him?

It’s like asking whether a student who gets his second JAMB choice and not his first will apply himself in his second choice university. Or like a footballer not giving his all playing against his boyhood club.
It doesn’t work the way you are thinking.
If he is so opposed to playing for a country - or even a club for that matter - he won’t sign in the first place.

Eze is holding out for his first choice; what he rightly or wrongly considers his best career option.
Unfortunately, it might be the wrong one. It’s not that he - or any other - hates Nigeria.

[gochino]

You guys are funny! Eze said he cried for joy when he received his first invite for England, what exactly does that tell you? His heart is for England, period!

[Damunk]

You guys are funny! Eze said he cried for joy when he received his first invite for England, what exactly does that tell you? His heart is for England, period!

Gochino, what exactly does this mean and why does it have to be a black and white matter?
It’s just a major career milestone. Finish. It tells him he is as good as he is said to be. Recognition.
You can read more into that singular act if you want, but so can anybody.

So, for example, when a Nigerian in Naija receives their US or UK visitor’s visa and cries for joy, it can only mean one thing - that their ‘heart is for the US’?

People cry for joy for all sorts of complex reasons. For all you know, maybe he had begun to doubt himself. Who knows?

Anyway, let’s forget Eze. We have other fish to fry: Akinsanmiro and Eletu for starters…

[gochino]

You guys are funny! Eze said he cried for joy when he received his first invite for England, what exactly does that tell you? His heart is for England, period!

Gochino, what exactly does this mean and why does it have to be a black and white matter?
It’s just a major career milestone. Finish. It tells him he is as good as he is said to be. Recognition.
You can read more into that singular act if you want, but so can anybody.

So, for example, when a Nigerian in Naija receives their US or UK visitor’s visa and cries for joy, it can only mean one thing - that their ‘heart is for the US’?

People cry for joy for all sorts of complex reasons. For all you know, maybe he had begun to doubt himself. Who knows?

Anyway, let’s forget Eze. We have other fish to fry: Akinsanmiro and Eletu for starters…

So if you have two wives,would you love them equally? Abeg talk true...This is equivalent to toasting or stalking a woman that is madly in love with another man.Skill is just one thing but so many other factors are involved, we want passionate players! When a player says his childhood ambition is to play for England and also shows this emotionally by crying, then we are better off investing that energy in grooming players like Eletu and co

[Damunk]

You guys are funny! Eze said he cried for joy when he received his first invite for England, what exactly does that tell you? His heart is for England, period!

Gochino, what exactly does this mean and why does it have to be a black and white matter?
It’s just a major career milestone. Finish. It tells him he is as good as he is said to be. Recognition.
You can read more into that singular act if you want, but so can anybody.

So, for example, when a Nigerian in Naija receives their US or UK visitor’s visa and cries for joy, it can only mean one thing - that their ‘heart is for the US’?

People cry for joy for all sorts of complex reasons. For all you know, maybe he had begun to doubt himself. Who knows?

Anyway, let’s forget Eze. We have other fish to fry: Akinsanmiro and Eletu for starters…

So if you have two wives,would you love them equally? Abeg talk true... This is equivalent to toasting or stalking a woman that is madly in love with another man.Skill is just one thing but so many other factors are involved, we want passionate players! When a player says his childhood ambition is to play for England and also shows this emotionally by crying, then we are better off investing that energy in grooming players like Eletu and co

Good question and worthy of a thread of its own.
But honestly? I don’t see why not.
The question for me is exactly the same as ‘if you have two children, would you love them equally?’.
It’s a no-brainer.
It might be different for you though.

Generally I think you are milking that ‘cried for joy’ statement to the max.
Great, but it’s really not that deep.

I’m only aware of TWO Super Eagles players that have cried when reflecting on their SE experience:
1. Sunday Mba when describing how his life was about to change after scoring the AFCON 2014 winning goal.
2. Leon Balogun when describing the overwhelming emotions of connecting with his ‘lost’ roots by playing for the SE.

There might be more but these are the two that readily come to mind.

Does this mean that these two are more passionate and committed than all the other non-crying SE players?

[danfo driver]

So he cannot switch anymore?

He is forever aligned like the continuous weeping Nedum Onuoha. He is a King's man! to be exact, his majesty, the King's secret servant.

Good luck to him. I hope he makes the World Cup team!

Its like a Prince who is 20th in line to the throne. He'd have to execute 19 people to get his oppotunity. World Cup ko, World Plate ni

In a few years, he will start giving interviews around the whole place like Nedumb-a55

[wanaj0]

Eberechi Eze made a HUGE mistake: he could be our AM, our n.10, our star. Now he is just a forgotten man. He can't anymore switch nationality for FIFA rules.

Tosin Adarabioyo also made a mistake, he could be a starter in our defence, but he will never be enough good for England. He can still represent Nigeria, but time passes for everybody.

Noni Madueke has never considered to play for Super Eagles. He would be very useful in our team. He is still 22 years old, and if he decides to play for us, he must make the switch as soon as possible.

The way we speak authoritatively about decisions that people we know little about make is funny. They've made their choice. Let us respect their decisions and move on!

There is no guarantee if they decide to play for Nigeria. They could have had a career ending injury. Vancity Eagle could wished them dead by now.

[pindal123]

Eze, Per the new FIFA rule, he still has the chance now to switch since he only played one competitive game for England.

According ti FIFA rules a player can change nationality if he played no more than three competitive matches at senior level prior turning 21.
Eze was over 21 when he was capped for England, so he doesn’t have anymore the chance to switch.
Am i right or is there anything I don’t know?

[naijaguy]

Eze, Per the new FIFA rule, he still has the chance now to switch since he only played one competitive game for England.

According ti FIFA rules a player can change nationality if he played no more than three competitive matches at senior level prior turning 21.
Eze was over 21 when he was capped for England, so he doesn’t have anymore the chance to switch.
Am i right or is there anything I don’t know?

You are correct. I stated this subsequently above.

[Damunk]

Eze, Per the new FIFA rule, he still has the chance now to switch since he only played one competitive game for England.

According ti FIFA rules a player can change nationality if he played no more than three competitive matches at senior level prior turning 21.
Eze was over 21 when he was capped for England, so he doesn’t have anymore the chance to switch.
Am i right or is there anything I don’t know?

I think there might be some ambiguity on whether the game was a competitive one or a friendly.
I’m not sure myself, but I’ve heard the game status brought up a few times in the past.

The FIFA statutes repeatedly talk about ‘official competitions’ and define it thus:

‘The phrase “official competition” is defined in the FIFA statutes as “a competition for representative teams organised by FIFA or any confederation”.’

https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/ccab990ab ... mi-pdf.pdf

Is a friendly an official competition?
Eze has only played in a friendly as far as I know.

[pindal123]

Eze, Per the new FIFA rule, he still has the chance now to switch since he only played one competitive game for England.

According ti FIFA rules a player can change nationality if he played no more than three competitive matches at senior level prior turning 21.
Eze was over 21 when he was capped for England, so he doesn’t have anymore the chance to switch.
Am i right or is there anything I don’t know?

I think there might be some ambiguity on whether the game was a competitive one or a friendly.
I’m not sure myself, but I’ve heard the game status brought up a few times in the past.

Eze has two caps for England:

- one is a friendly match against Australia (13/10/2023), which is isn’t a competitive match. This cap doesn’t affect the chance to play for another country.
- one is an euro 2024 qualifier match against Malta (16/06/2023), which is definitely a competitive match. This cap makes Eze not anymore elegible to play for Nigeria.

So i still don’t understand why people say that he can still switch nationality and play for Super Egles.

[Damunk]

Eze, Per the new FIFA rule, he still has the chance now to switch since he only played one competitive game for England.

According ti FIFA rules a player can change nationality if he played no more than three competitive matches at senior level prior turning 21.
Eze was over 21 when he was capped for England, so he doesn’t have anymore the chance to switch.
Am i right or is there anything I don’t know?

I think there might be some ambiguity on whether the game was a competitive one or a friendly.
I’m not sure myself, but I’ve heard the game status brought up a few times in the past.

Eze has two caps for England:

- one is a friendly match against Australia (13/10/2023), which is isn’t a competitive match. This cap doesn’t affect the chance to play for another country.
- one is an euro 2024 qualifier match against Malta (16/06/2023), which is definitely a competitive match. This cap makes Eze not anymore elegible to play for Nigeria.

So i still don’t understand why people say that he can still switch nationality and play for Super Egles.

Absolutely.
Thanks. I didn’t know this.
“Delete”.

[Eaglezbeak]

So he cannot switch anymore?

He is forever aligned like the continuous weeping Nedum Onuoha. He is a King's man! to be exact, his majesty, the King's secret servant.

Good luck to him. I hope he makes the World Cup team!

Chances are he won’t.

[Lolly]

You guys are funny! Eze said he cried for joy when he received his first invite for England, what exactly does that tell you? His heart is for England, period!

Gochino, what exactly does this mean and why does it have to be a black and white matter?
It’s just a major career milestone. Finish. It tells him he is as good as he is said to be. Recognition.
You can read more into that singular act if you want, but so can anybody.

So, for example, when a Nigerian in Naija receives their US or UK visitor’s visa and cries for joy, it can only mean one thing - that their ‘heart is for the US’?

People cry for joy for all sorts of complex reasons. For all you know, maybe he had begun to doubt himself. Who knows?

Anyway, let’s forget Eze. We have other fish to fry: Akinsanmiro and Eletu for starters…

Ayo Aina’s dad cried throughout in the stadium when his son turned up for England U17s. Today the man is one of the SEs biggest fans seeing his son wear the green white green.