The international future of players with dual nationality is usually a hot debate especially when they break into the first team of top teams in top leagues.
Nigeria have been very active in luring players with dual nationality with new coach of the team Jose Peseiro not against the idea which was made popular by former coach Gernot Rohr.
One player who isn’t keen on playing for Nigeria is Caleb Okoli of Italian Serie A side Atalanta. The 21 year old already has three caps for Italy picked up at U-19 and U21 level. He has grown into a regular this season for Atalanta.
Okoli has so far played all 4 games for Atalanta in the Serie A lasting the entire duration in three of the games. A form that made OwnGoalNigeria.com to check on his interest to play for Nigeria.
” We had an informal approach and we were told by his mother that he wants to play for Italy and not Nigeria. Things might change in the future but for now his mind is on representing Italy at all levels”, a source close to former coach Rohr told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
