Nigerian born women’s football player, Eniola Aluko , says playing for England is better than playing for Nigeria, tasks NFF
Former Chelsea FC and Lioness of England striker, Eniola Aluko has stated that playing for England is more attractive than playing for Nigeria.
Eniola is quoted to have also said that those who opted to play for Nigeria as against England knew they stood no chance to feature for the Lioness of England.
Speaking via the Obionepodcast, Eniola said “I think England is England, I think the players that grew up here (England) and choose to play for their country of heritage, it’s usually because they feel like they can’t, they won’t make it a career for England, right. So it’s almost a default decision, which it shouldn’t be,” .
Further saying “The onus is on the country to make it a very attractive option. And we know that there’s some issues there that still need to be sorted out in terms of the organization, in terms of the investment, in terms of just the professionalism, right?
“So I think it’s really, really important for the Nigerian federation to make sure that it is a competitive choice.” .
