Nigeria Monitoring Charlton Athletic Wonderkid Lookman ; Striker Prefers England

Nigeria Monitoring Charlton Athletic Wonderkid Lookman ; Striker Prefers England

Charlton Athletic wonderkid Ademola Lookman is on the radar of the Nigeria Football Federation with respect to a possible call up to the national team in future.<br /><br />With two caps which came in friendly fixtures in June, it is all but confirmed that the highly-rated striker will make his competitive debut for England U19s in Tuesday night&rsquo;s tie against France at the European U-19 Championship.<br /><br />If that comes to pass, the Nigeria Football Federation will need to get approval from Fifa before Lookman can switch allegiance to Nigeria.<br /><br />&ldquo;We have put down names of those players to the Nigeria Football Federation as potential call ups, over 25 names for now playing well in their various clubs, &rdquo; Team Nigeria UK boss David Doherty told allnigeriasoccer.com.<br /><br />&ldquo;But at present Lookman is enjoying and focusing on England call ups, he is at the European U19s.&rdquo;<br /><br />Born in London 18 years ago, Ademola Lookman was named the Football League Championship Apprentice of the Year last season.<br /><br />Originally published by Ifeanyi Emmanuel on July 12, 2016<br /><br />Photo Credit : Twitter.com
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