Afrigather SuperSport United centre-back, Ime Okon has revealed his most popular alternative of nationwide group to characterize between South Africa and the Tremendous Eagles, Soccernet.ng reviews.
The promising 20-year-old defender was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Nigerian father, which means Okon has the choice to characterize both the Bafana Bafana or the Tremendous Eagles
He was on trial with FC Midtjylland a yr in the past and continues to be linked with the Danish facet with a future transfer within the works.
Nonetheless, the younger lad has revealed his final dream of enjoying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosts.
“The entire Nigerian factor, I’ve Nigerian household, I communicate to these from Nigeria, they usually additionally say even when individuals pressurise me, I have to make a alternative that I should be proud of.
I grew up right here, the whole lot I do know is South African you realize. For them, they wouldn’t be touched if I performed for Bafana. South Africa is all I do know. I can barely communicate the native Nigerian language, however I do know my roots.
I’m just about South African, however I’m additionally proudly Nigerian as a lot as I’m proudly South African, however enjoying for Bafana, it’s been a dream, it’s an enormous factor, my mother all the time stated, ‘sooner or later Bafana Bafana! You realize?
So, it’s been an enormous factor for my household, rising as much as be in a Bafana jersey can be nice,” the Matsatsantsa academy graduate stated in an interview with iDiski Instances.
Okon was promoted to SuperSport’s senior group in July 2023, and his spectacular shows has seen him seize the eye of Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos resulting in an inclusion within the preliminary squad for the pleasant matches towards Namibia and DR Congo in September final yr, though he didn’t safe a spot within the ultimate squad.
