Coach of Nigeria U23 team Samson Siasia
has said he expects Dolphins and the Nigeria league to clear the age
discrepancies of star striker Emem Eduok.
He further disclosed that once the issue is sorted out,
the player is welcome back to the team to fight for a place.
Clarifying his position on the player,
Siasia said: “The player came and never trained with the team as he said
he was down with injury, and sought for permission to go and get
himself properly treated before he returned, a request which I granted
as I want the best from my players.”
Speaking further, the coach said he
invited Eduok based on the fact that he knows the player was part of the
team at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and is aware that he is under the
age.
“But when his name was sent to the
League Management Company for clarification like we did with the names
of all the players invited from the Premier League, we noticed that his
date of birth in his license sent to the LMC showed him to be 23 years
of age, so the problem is between his club and the LMC, which I think
should be sorted out in the interest of the player.”
According to Siasia he needs all the
best players the country could offer, that is why they embarked on an
open screening exercise to unearth any good player, so he does not see
how they would be shutting out a particular player who has shown to be
one of the best this season.
Meanwhile, Siasia has said that there is
no going back on a Friday (today) closing date for the screening of all
players from the local scene.
He said due to the short time available
for the technical crew, they need to concentrate on the foreign-based
players expected to start arriving the camp of the team from Saturday
6th December, as they will be having their screening from Monday 8th,
December at the FIFA Goal Project, Abuja.
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