Afrigather The 24-year-old winger is eligible for England, however he needs to play for the Tremendous Eagles as a substitute
Bayer Leverkusen winger Nathan Tella has revealed that he needs to play for the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria regardless of being eligible for England, Soccernet reviews.
Tella was born in England and has spent most of his life in England. He began his soccer journey on the Arsenal Academy earlier than switching to Southampton in 2020.
Nevertheless, the 24-year-old right-winger rose to prominence after a formidable marketing campaign with Burnley final season whereas he was on mortgage on the membership. He registered 19 objectives and 5 assists in 45 appearances for the Clarets.
Following his spectacular marketing campaign, Tella accomplished a €23.3million switch to Bayer Leverkusen in the summertime switch window, and he has made three appearances for the membership up to now.
Whereas the 24-year-old appears to be on a great path at membership stage, he’s but to seek out his toes on the worldwide stage.
Tella is eligible for England and Nigeria, however he has not performed for any of the 2 nations. He has beforehand shared his want to play for the three-time African champions, however in a latest interview, he reiterated it.
This comes after the NFF released a list of 25 players for the friendly games against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique later this month.
“I’ve all the time stated for the final three or 4 years that Nigeria is an enormous a part of my life – although I’ve been an ‘England boy’ from London all my life,” Tella stated per Bild.
“If I received the prospect to play for Nigeria, I’d be more than pleased and settle for it. I’ve already informed my mother and father and mates that I’d do this.
“You’re not simply nominated like that. You need to work for it and earn it. I need to show myself right here if I get the prospect to play. I need to develop additional, assist the group and the membership – if a name comes for a world call-up, that may be a bonus.”
Tella has to indicate some stage of consistency earlier than he can break into the Tremendous Eagles fold. Nigeria is presently blessed with strikers, however there may be hardly any competitors for Samuel Chukwueze on the appropriate. If he can increase his recreation, like his teammate, Victor Boniface, he might win a call-up.
