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Also, that swells the number of Nigerians at Vicarage Road to six. Others include Tom Dele-Bashiru, William Troost-Ekong, Success Isaac, Dennis and Scotland youth international of Nigerian descent Dapo Mebude.
Pinnick discussed the trend with Watford’s technical director Cristiano Giaretta after watching Etebo’s first training session at Hertfordshire.
“Watford FC is gradually becoming a Super Eagles camp,” said Pinnick as per a statement made available to
Goal by the NFF media department.
“I told Mr. Giaretta that we have six players at Watford FC now and three of them are regular Super Eagles teamers and therefore, we need to forge a stronger relationship with the club.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member,
Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick was in ecstasy at Hertfordshire, England yesterday as he watched the first training session of Nigeria midfield ace, Oghenekaro Etebo who recently joined English Premiership side Watford FC from Turkeyâs Galatasaray.
Hard-tackling Etebo has been a key figure in the Super Eaglesâ set-up since impressing at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where the U23 boys won Team Nigeriaâs only medal at the games â a bronze.
He featured prominently in the qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as well as played at Russia 2018 and also featured in the qualifying race and finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
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