Exclusive : Sunderland, Crystal Palace Target Adebayo-Rowling Commits International Future To Nigeria Ahead Of England
Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, who has been linked with a possible move to Sunderland and Crystal Palace as from the January transfer window, has pledged his international future to Nigeria, rather than England where he was born.<br /><br />Super Eagles coach <span class="st">Gernot Rohr is hunting for players to solve the problematic right fullback position, and </span>Adebayo-Rowling is confident he can fill the boots of Chidi Odiah and Austin Eguavoen, who have since retired from the national team. <br /><br /><span class="null">“I</span><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span>d love too play for Nigeria as I</span><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span>ve said it many times in the past, I said it on BBC Radio 5 Live the other day that is my dream, </span>” Adebayo-Rowling told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br /><span class="null">Asked about his qualities, he replied : “ I</span><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span></span>ve got a lot of speed and power and work rate and also a good end product, <br /><br /></span><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span></span></span>I</span><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span></span>d like too think of myself as someone very hard too get past as well, one main thing I</span><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span></span>m lacking is goals at the moment but I</span><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="notranslate"><span class="null"><span class="null">’</span></span></span></span>m working on it!</span>”<br /><br />Adebayo-Rowling was born in London twenty years ago to an English mom and a Nigerian dad, and can play for the Super Eagles if the Nigeria Football Federation invoke the grandfather rule. <br /><br />He won Sligo Rovers Young Player of the Award last month following his impressive displays for the team in the league.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br />
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