Nigeria Working To Secure International Future Of Spurs Whizkid Josh Onomah
Published: September 04, 2016Representatives of the Nigerian Football Federation and Sports Ministry have approached the highly-rated Tottenham Hotspur starlet Joshua Oghenetega Onomah to turn out for the Super Eagles rather than the Three Lions, allnigeriasoccer.com understands.
Born in Enfield in North London, the attacking midfielder is regarded as one of the top talents produced by the academy team of Spurs in recent years and rose through the ranks before making his first team debut in 2015.
The 19-year-old has played competitively for England youth teams, meaning Fifa has to formally approve his request to switch nationalities, assuming the Nigerian Federation are successful in their approach.
It is believed that Onomah is fully committed to the youth teams of England for the time being, and the NFF will have to use all their persuasion skills to convince him to dump England.
He has appeared for England U16, U17, U18 and U19 teams and made his debut for the U20s in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Brazil at St. George’s Park on Thursday.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : Twitter.com
Born in Enfield in North London, the attacking midfielder is regarded as one of the top talents produced by the academy team of Spurs in recent years and rose through the ranks before making his first team debut in 2015.
The 19-year-old has played competitively for England youth teams, meaning Fifa has to formally approve his request to switch nationalities, assuming the Nigerian Federation are successful in their approach.
It is believed that Onomah is fully committed to the youth teams of England for the time being, and the NFF will have to use all their persuasion skills to convince him to dump England.
He has appeared for England U16, U17, U18 and U19 teams and made his debut for the U20s in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Brazil at St. George’s Park on Thursday.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Photo Credit : Twitter.com
Latest News
- 'The reason he's playing at Chelsea' - Fulham coach labels Tosin 'a quality player' ahead of London derby
- Besiktas presidential hopeful interested in move for Southampton striker Onuachu
- Arsenal U21 captain of Nigerian descent wanted by FC Zurich as contract talks stall
- Osimhen's friend sets the record straight on rumours linking Napoli-owned striker to Man Utd
- Lazio coach gets advice from ex-Italy midfielder on how to utilize Dele-Bashiru against Atalanta
- 'They cannot' - Former Galatasaray coach insists it's impossible for Turkish champions to buy Osimhen
- 'That surprised us' - Monaco forward Ilenikhena praises performance of Union Saint-Jean goalkeeper
- Nottingham Forest star Ola Aina named in BBC's Premier League TOTW dominated by Liverpool
- The thirty most valuable players in Super Lig: Osimhen takes the crown, Osayi-Samuel ranked 29th
- Team of the Week honours for Sheffield Wednesday's Iorfa; Bromley's Odutayo, Sowunmi
Football News 24/7
News Categories
- Football Betting
- African Players
- Australia/ Asia
- Belgian Championship
- Bundesliga
- Danish Football
- English Premier League
- Nigeria National Teams
- Casinos not on Gamstop
- Nigeria Premier League
- Norwegian Football
- Polish Football
- Russian Championship
- Serie A
- Spanish Liga
- Swedish Championship
- Transfer
- Turkish Championship
- 1Win
- Ukrainian Football
- Uncategorized
- Women's Football