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Alex Iwobi made his debut for Nigeria in 2015 and has since gone on to play over seventy video games for the Tremendous Eagles, scoring ten objectives in that point.
Fulham supervisor, Marco Silva, has downplayed discussions surrounding Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi experiencing the influence of cyberbullying, Soccernet.ng experiences.
Iwobi, 27, was singled out for criticism by quite a few Nigerian followers on social media after Nigeria misplaced the AFCON 2023 closing to Ivory Coast, forcing the previous Arsenal midfielder to archive all of his posts on Instagram.
The previous Everton man did the identical factor again in 2021 after Nigeria exited the AFCON 2021 match on the spherical of sixteen in Cameroon.
His membership coach, nevertheless, talked about that the versatile midfielder is totally away from all of the residue of the web abuse he suffered.
Talking in his pre-match convention forward of Fulham’s conflict towards Aston Villa, the Portuguese tactician revealed that Iwobi is totally targeted on his sport.
“Mentally, he’s superb. Alex is a cheerful boy when he’s on the pitch doing what he loves, he’s at all times doing it with a smile on his face. I do know a component, however I don’t know every thing that individuals stated about it. I don’t see causes as a result of should you lose a sport you lose a sport collectively, should you win a sport you win collectively in fact. They did brilliantly till the ultimate,” the 46-year-old stated in quotes revealed by the club’s official website.
The previous Everton supervisor added that he’s mentioned with the 2 Nigerians on the membership and clarified their significance to his crew forward of their weekend conflict.
“For my part, it was utterly unfair due to the best way they criticized him on social media. It’s more unusual when there isn’t any cause to do it. Since he arrived right here, in fact, I had a chat with him. He’s going to be concerned within the sport, him and Calvin Bassey,” the gaffer added.
Since becoming a member of the membership final summer season, Alex Iwobi has scored three objectives in eighteen video games for the Cottagers.
