Afrigather Regardless of being solely 24 years outdated, Nathan Tella has a wealth of expertise and is a well-travelled participant, taking part in for Arsenal and Burnley.
England-born Leverkusen striker, Nathan Tella has defined the rationale behind his determination to play for Nigeria, Soccernet.ng reviews.
A graduate of Arsenal’s prestigious Hale-Finish Academy, Tella might’ve simply chosen to signify the Three Lions, however fairly, felt a robust calling to play for Nigeria.
Soccernet.ng earlier reported that the midfielder despatched a “come get me message” to the NFF after declaring his intent to play for them. The participant lastly explains why.
“I really feel prefer it’s all the time been an enormous a part of my life. I used to be born in London and I’ve been in England all my life, however on the identical time my mother and father and grandparents are Nigerian, so I really feel prefer it’s the brilliant path to go down so I wanna do one thing that makes my household proud as nicely,” the 24-year-old mentioned in an interview with OmaSports TV.
With core Nigerian names, Nathan Adewale Temitayo Tella, an attacking associate with Boniface, talked about he’d been talking with the two-time Bundesliga rookie of the month on the way it feels prefer to play for Nigeria.
“I’ve requested him fairly a bit and at Southampton I had Joe Aribo as nicely, so I spoke to each of them simply to see what it’s like, however clearly, I’ve been with Victor and he’s been telling me what’s it like so if I get the possibility I’ll like to play with him there,” he added.
With the Tremendous Eagles squad stacked with spectacular attackers, Tella believes he will be part of them if he continues to work onerous.
“It’s a really gifted nationwide crew, however I’ve all the time appreciated a problem myself. The rationale I’m right here is to push myself and problem myself. I needed to play with higher gamers, and with the nationwide crew, you’re taking part in with the very best gamers within the nation. By all means, I wish to get to know them, play with them, study from them after which get the chance to enhance,” the right-winger talked about.
Tella opened his Leverkusen account of their Europa League 2-1 win on the Aker Stadion in Norway in opposition to Molde.
