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Foreign scouts set to prove Rohr wrong

At least five top scouts representing various clubs in Europe arrived Lagos over the weekend tobegin a massive football scouting programme that would rubbish Super Eagles Coach GernotRohr’s disdain for local talents.

The Scouts from France, Turkey, Germany and other parts of Europe are in Nigeria on invitationof some renown sports promoters and football agents and commenced with the Lagos leg Sundayat the National Institute of Sports pitch inside the National Stadium.

As Shooting Stars Sports Club, of Ibadan defeated Sunshine Stars F.C of Akure on Sunday, the Chief Organizer of the scouting programme that would move to other parts of the country, Okpalajiaku Sunday Obiora stated that the top scouts joined by various Nigerian clubs’ Directorsare certain of getting quality players to various clubs abroad very soon and would not need toundergo any further trial at abroad.

Obiora who confirmed that the scouting train would head to Port Harcourt on December 15 noted that the scouts have penciled down names of talented players from 3SC, Sunshine Stars, MFM, De Cardinal F.C, F.C H2C Chulson, Gidado and other teams featuring for pro dealsabroad.

He said is their own way of providing the right platform for promising Nigerian playersto be exposed.

On his part, top Football Agent and CEO of Ude Sports International, Uche Dominic Egbuku hasapplauded the programme, adding that it would confirm how Super Eagles coaches have beenunfair to players plying their trade at home.

The Ude Sports boss who discovered Leister City midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi and Uche Agbo andhad helped several Nigerian stars to get clubs abroad has further faulted Gernot Rohr’s refusal toinvite the most valuable player in the Swedish league, Akeem, Amao.

According to Egbuku, Amao is one of Nigeria most promising player abroad and needs promptinvitation of Rohr.

“Gernof Rohr and indeed Nigerian Coaches must avoid sentiments and pick the best players atevery point in time. Amao is young and talented hence he is the best player in Sweden. It is ashame that he and other good players are being ignored for no reason. The idea of hanging on totired and expired players is over hence the NFF is disappointed with Rohr.”

This scouting programme by credible officials and technocrats would expose the bias and incompetence that has bedeviled our football.

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