Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has made contact with Bologna of Italy midfielder Kingsley Michael to be a part of the Super Eagles squad for the World Cup qualifiers.
Rohr is looking for cover for the Super Eagles second World Cup qualifiers game against Cape Verde is Praia as about nine players from the United Kingdom won’t be available for the game.
Michael has been on the radar of the coach for a while and with options limited by the restrictions in several countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, he has been contacted to be a part of the squad.
As reported by this portal earlier today, Rohr was undecided over calling the former Nigeria U17 , U20 and U23 midfielder of Alhassan Yusuf of Belgium side Antwerp.
OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal that he has been contacted officially by a representative of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to be a part of the enlarged squad.