Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has claimed that Reading playmaker Michael Olise was not handed a late call-up for the national team’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches last month due to international travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus crisis.
British-based players such as Everton’s Alex Iwobi, Rangers’ Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun, Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, and Fulham’s Ola Aina all reported for international duty in March.
Former Chelsea schoolboy Olise was among the players on the standby roster and it was logically thought that he would be added to the main list following the spate of withdrawals that hit the squad.