Lookman dumps Nigeria

[DIMKA76]

Source : http://owngoalnigeria.com/2018/11/20/en ... o-england/

Everton wing forward Ademola Lookman has made a dramatic u-turn from his stance of wanting to switch allegiance to Nigeria by committing his international future to England.

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Two months ago Lookman verbally agreed to a switch of allegiance to the senior national team of ‎Nigeria and the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr even confirmed telling the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) to begin the documentation of his switch.

However the England youth international has had a change of mind regarding the switch with coach of the U-21s of England, Aidy Boothroyd confirming that he has assured him that his international future lies with England.

The coach even said he uses the interest from Nigeria to mock the forward during trainings as they are all aware of Nigeria’s push to have him commit his future to the Super Eagles.

‘Every time I see him I have a little joke with him about it,’ said Boothroyd, whose side face Denmark in a friendly on Tuesday evening. ‘I say: “Why would you want to leave us?”

‘But he’s very focused on England – that’s what he tells me. He says he wants to play international football for England.’

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

He'll be back in a ur or so begging us.

[Damunk]

He'll be back in a ur or so begging us.

Wise guy.
He's keeping his options wide open.

[Zelex]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

[Damunk]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

Which camp is he in - the U23 camp or the full England camp?

[ohenhen1]

We have Onyekuru, S Kalu, Chuchuwuze, S Moses and etc.

Good luck to him.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

He will get capped and parked by southgate soon. Btw, where is Tammy boy Abraham? I'm glad we dodged that bullet.

[truetalk]

To be honest, of the 6 Naija boys in the England U-20 winning side, I think we need 3, and should forget about 3.

We need Onomah, Ejiarah & Tomori.

Solanke & Lookman can take a hike. The Ojo of Liverpool was not good enough for Nigeria. A couple of folks here have said he is having a good season in France. I have not seen him this season, so I don't know. He does have a good left foot though.

[Damunk]

To be honest, of the 6 Naija boys in the England U-20 winning side, I think we need 3, and should forget about 3.

We need Onomah, Ejiarah & Tomori.

Solanke & Lookman can take a hike. The Ojo of Liverpool was not good enough for Nigeria. A couple of folks here have said he is having a good season in France. I have not seen him this season, so I don't know. He does have a good left foot though.

Tell us about him.
I thought he had dropped out of reckoning, much like that other Tottenham youth player that played for us in the Olympics and then sank without trace.

[truetalk]

To be honest, of the 6 Naija boys in the England U-20 winning side, I think we need 3, and should forget about 3.

We need Onomah, Ejiarah & Tomori.

Solanke & Lookman can take a hike. The Ojo of Liverpool was not good enough for Nigeria. A couple of folks here have said he is having a good season in France. I have not seen him this season, so I don't know. He does have a good left foot though.

Tell us about him.
I thought he had dropped out of reckoning, much like that other Tottenham youth player that played for us in the Olympics and then sank without trace.

Spurs have loaned him to Sheffield Wednesday & he is playing in the Championship.

It is an area of need for the Eagles, if we assume Joel Obi is done. We sometimes list 3 or 4 midfielders in a 23 man list.

He and Ejaria will definitely deepen our midfield pool if we can get them.

[Cristao II]

Onomah is a bit of a dilemma for Spurs. He was being touted as the heir to Dembele and was hailed to be the next big thing ahead of Winks. However that has stalled. His loan to Aston Villa was queer and his current loan is bizarre. He is a CM and Wednesday keep playing him as AM or the wings. Oh well perhaps Pochettino wants to see how he deals with adversity because the young man does need to show some passion on the pitch. He is a bit too laid back. Some Spurs fans think he is a bust - others think he is being developed well.

PS Nathan Oduwa made a mistake leaving Spurs and not listening to the coaches - whoever gave him that advice.. bad idea.

[The YeyeMan]

Headline doesn't match the content of the article.

[Mr Shows]

Not sure why fans are sweating over this lad. Just like Tammy Abraham, he has already pitched his tent with England and his agent is probably trying to leverage the commotion to fast track him to the senior team.

Lookman is good but nothing special. With Osimhen, Isaac Success, Awoniyi, Onyekuru on upward trajectories, we are covered in this department. Goal keepers, Center backs and holding m/f's are what we need right now..

[Zelex]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

Which camp is he in - the U23 camp or the full England camp?

The youth team, u-21 squad for Euro qualifiers, he has been training with them this national break before he picked up an injury.

[theYemster]

What happened to Jordan Ibe?

[Damunk]

Onomah is a bit of a dilemma for Spurs. He was being touted as the heir to Dembele and was hailed to be the next big thing ahead of Winks. However that has stalled. His loan to Aston Villa was queer and his current loan is bizarre. He is a CM and Wednesday keep playing him as AM or the wings. Oh well perhaps Pochettino wants to see how he deals with adversity because the young man does need to show some passion on the pitch. He is a bit too laid back. Some Spurs fans think he is a bust - others think he is being developed well.

PS Nathan Oduwa made a mistake leaving Spurs and not listening to the coaches - whoever gave him that advice.. bad idea.

Thats the guy!
Weytin happen to the guy sef?
I recall he was a bit of a headache for his club managers.

[metalalloy]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

Which camp is he in - the U23 camp or the full England camp?

The youth team, u-21 squad for Euro qualifiers, he has been training with them this national break before he picked up an injury.

being in that camp, and playing for that squad does not make him ineligible to represent Nigeria in the future.

[Zelex]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

Which camp is he in - the U23 camp or the full England camp?

The youth team, u-21 squad for Euro qualifiers, he has been training with them this national break before he picked up an injury.

being in that camp, and playing for that squad does not make him ineligible to represent Nigeria in the future.

Indeed. My point was actually that there have been reports that he has verbally agreed to play for Nigeria and that process to switch nationality was taking place. However if this was indeed true, no way would England u-21 waste a spot on someone who has committed to another country in the near future. My conclusion is that he never decided to commit to Nigeria in the first place.

[metalalloy]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

Which camp is he in - the U23 camp or the full England camp?

The youth team, u-21 squad for Euro qualifiers, he has been training with them this national break before he picked up an injury.

being in that camp, and playing for that squad does not make him ineligible to represent Nigeria in the future.

Indeed. My point was actually that there have been reports that he has verbally agreed to play for Nigeria and that process to switch nationality was taking place. However if this was indeed true, no way would England u-21 waste a spot on someone who has committed to another country in the near future. My conclusion is that he never decided to commit to Nigeria in the first place.

There were also reports that he turned us down earlier in the year. If he truly committed to play for us, and he was seriously in our plans, he could have been capped before he turned 21 last month. He wasnt. Now, we still have a window as long as he doesn't play for the senior side.

At the moment, an opportunity has arisen to play international football, without jeopardizing his chances with either country. I cant fault him for taking it.

[Odas]

He'll be back in a ur or so begging us.

Yeah, if it is NOT too late by then. Assuming the content of the article is REAL, I hope he plays the correct politics, else and has always been, "had I known" will be the last

[Zelex]

I think it is best to wait and see what happens over the upcoming months. He could be taking a diplomatic approach although it is a bit weird that he would still be in the England camp, if indeed he has agreed to play for the Super Eagles. England would have gotten word about this and most likely take him out of the national pool. It looks to me that he possibly still hasn't decided?

What I will say though is that this turns out to be true. Lookman should never be contacted regarding Nigeria again. Personally, I would see this as the utmost disrespect. The fact he may want to play for England doesn't bother me one bit but to possibly waste the time and energy (verbally agreeing with Rohr) of the NFF which could have been better spent elsewhere...SMH

Which camp is he in - the U23 camp or the full England camp?

The youth team, u-21 squad for Euro qualifiers, he has been training with them this national break before he picked up an injury.

being in that camp, and playing for that squad does not make him ineligible to represent Nigeria in the future.

Indeed. My point was actually that there have been reports that he has verbally agreed to play for Nigeria and that process to switch nationality was taking place. However if this was indeed true, no way would England u-21 waste a spot on someone who has committed to another country in the near future. My conclusion is that he never decided to commit to Nigeria in the first place.

There were also reports that he turned us down earlier in the year. If he truly committed to play for us, and he was seriously in our plans, he could have been capped before he turned 21 last month. He wasnt. Now, we still have a window as long as he doesn't play for the senior side.

At the moment, an opportunity has arisen to play international football, without jeopardizing his chances with either country. I cant fault him for taking it.

Looking at it from the angle you have pictured then it is understandable. However I do think once you have committed to represent a country that doesn't necessarily mean a free/easy ticket into the national team. Nigeria were fighting a very dangerous situation as of last month to make the AFCON. You have show your worth through your performances and frankly (whilst my opinion), I don't think Lookman was good enough to make the team. If you are "committed" there is no such thing as keeping your options open. I doubt he ever committed to playing for Nigeria and as you say Nigeria probably never been seriously interested also, it could have been all false hearsay.

[Rawlings]

Why do these guys keep toying with the great nation of Nigeria?

[ohenhen1]

Good luck to him.

We do have S Kalu and Chuckwuze and other players coming up.