Lookman not eligible to play for Nigeria – NFF

… four Eagles have hit camp so far The Nigeria Football Federation has clarified that Leicester City’s Ademola Lookman has not been cleared by the world football governing body, FIFA, to represent Nigeria. According to a statement posted on the NFF’s Facebook page, the process to have him switch his allegiance to Nigeria is still […]

• … four Eagles have hit camp so far

The Nigeria Football Federation has clarified that Leicester City’s Ademola Lookman has not been cleared by the world football governing body, FIFA, to represent Nigeria.

According to a statement posted on the NFF’s Facebook page, the process to have him switch his allegiance to Nigeria is still ongoing.

Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, had listed him in his initial 40-man provisional squad list for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations but was left out of Nigeria’s final 28-man squad released by Austin Eguavoen last week.

“Nigeria Football Federation has stated categorically that Ademola Lookman of Leicester City FC OF England has not yet been cleared by World Football body, FIFA, to represent Nigeria at International level. The process for his switch is ongoing.

“It is therefore incorrect for any medium to claim that interim Head Coach Austin Eguqvoen is the one who axed the player from Nigeria’s final list of 28 for the Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

“However, his name was included in the initial provisional list with the belief that the process would have been completed before the commencement of AFCON,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, four players at the time of writing this report have arrived at the Super Eagles camp at the Bolton White apartments in preparation for the AFCON in Cameroon.

They are Olisa Ndah (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), John Noble (Enyimba FC), Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin, Germany) and Sadiq Umar (UD Almería, Spain).