Real Madrid and Austria centre-back, David Alaba has finally opened up on why he didn’t play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria, News Premises reports.

The veteran defender revealed that he actually wanted to play for the Nigerian national team years back but, there was no formal approach for him by those in charge of the team and the NFF.

Alaba was born in Vienna to a Nigerian father and an Austrian mother and the 31-year-old had the chance to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

Nigeria has been successful in persuading players born in Europe to play for the Super Eagles over the years. Among those who chose to play for the three-time African champions were Ola Aina and Alex Iwobi.

The former Bayern Munich star reportedly told The Sun that he chose to play for the Nigerian squad back then, because of his father.

“I wanted to play for Nigeria but I must confess that there was no formal approach for me. A scout actually discussed that with me. I was excited because of my dad. He was a fan of Sunday Oliseh when Oliseh played for FC Koln. As a kid, I loved to watch Victor Agali in the jersey of Hansa Rostock.”

Alaba also named former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha as his hero.

Source: https://newspremises.com.ng/real-madrid-star-david-alaba-claims-nobody-invited-him-to-play-for-super-eagles-in-big-revelation/


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