{"id":159838,"date":"2019-10-13T11:57:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T10:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=159838"},"modified":"2019-10-13T12:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T11:15:12","slug":"brazil-vs-nigeria-rohr-speaks-on-osimhen-tammy-abrahams-refusal-to-play-for-super-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=159838","title":{"rendered":"Brazil vs Nigeria: Rohr speaks on Osimhen, Tammy Abraham’s refusal to play for Super Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has said that Victor Osimhen would still be his first choice striker ahead of Tammy Abraham had the England born Chelsea star chosen to play for Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Abraham turned down the chance to represent Nigeria in preference for England.<\/p>\n

Abraham made his competitive debut for England in their 1-2 loss to Czech Republic last night.<\/p>\n

The game means he is no longer eligible for Nigeria despite lasting a little over three minutes on the pitch following his introduction as a substitute.<\/p>\n

Rohr insist that the striker who has scored seven goals for Chelsea this season would have probably played same substitute role for Nigeria if he had agreed to switch allegiance.<\/p>\n

\u201dAbraham would have improved our team because he is a quality player but he still wouldn\u2019t have picked an automatic shirt to start,\u201d Rohr was quoted by Own goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cOsimhen now has it and he will have to earn it. Like others who switched allegiance did, the likes of Tyronne Ebuehi and Ola Aina.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis loss is not something we can\u2019t do without. We wish him well with England.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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