Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, insisted he has not backtracked on his promise of selecting only Nigerian footballers plying their trade in first division clubs, for the Super Eagles.
Reports in the media on Tuesday had indicated that the coach had made a U-turn from his initial pledge, but the trainers dismissed the insinuation as untrue.
“Only 1st Division Players are eligible to play for the Super Eagles. Only exceptions (are) U23, U20 players (and) Goalkeepers! No U turn as some claim!,” supersport.com quoted the ex-Super Eagles captain as saying on his Twitter handle – @SundayOOliseh.
He then went on to post a video on his timeline noting that, “This Video was made just for you my dear followers to avoid people misquoting and you getting authentic Information.”
In the video, Oliseh revealed that preparations are in top gear for the upcoming World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
“At the moment, we are assembling a team, in fact we are trying to start up from the scratch.
“And in getting the players that we think are the best in playing the style that we want to play, we have split our search (for such players) into two phases.
“The (two phases include that of) the home-based (players) and (that of) the foreign-based (players).
“At the moment, we have visited some players at their clubs and even watched them play.
“We have also made contact with several of the potential players that we hope to assemble as we play out first AFCON qualifying game against Tanzania in Tanzania,” he said.
He also added that training for the game against the Taifa Stars will commence in August.
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