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Former Tremendous Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen has despatched a congratulatory message to Nigeria-eligible striker Samu Omorodion following Spain’s victory within the males’s soccer competiton of the just-concluded 2024 Paris Olympics, Soccernet.ng studies.
Omorodion broke out final season, scoring for Atletico Madrid of their first sport of the marketing campaign. However after that, he needed to transfer to fellow La Liga facet Alaves to get extra taking part in time.
Born to Nigerian mother and father in Spain, the 20-year-old attacker is eligible to play for each international locations, and he selected Spain. Though he has not featured for the senior crew but, with the potential he has proven, he has shot at it.
Omorodion was a part of Spain’s squad for the boys’s soccer competiton on the 2024 Paris Olympics, and he was first rate. He began just one sport, and he scored.
Spain finally went on to win the ultimate and clinch the gold medal on Friday, their first since 1992.
Following Spain’s victory, Eguavoen, who can be the technical director on the Nigeria Soccer Federation, celebrated Omorodion’s success on social media.
“Congratulations to Samuel Omorodion on successful Olympic gold on the Paris 2024 Olympics within the Gold Medal Ultimate,” Eguavoen wrote.
“Your complete Nigerian soccer neighborhood celebrates you. Huge achievement!
https://twitter.com/coacheguavoen/standing/1822613239844237505
Despite the fact that Eguavoen didn’t clearly spell it out, as a member of the NFF it’s clearly a method of letting Omorodion know that Nigeria is conserving tabs on him, simply in case taking part in for Spain doesn’t work out.
By FIFA guidelines, he can nonetheless play for the Tremendous Eagles. However from the optics, he’ll solely take into account Nigeria if Spain don’t give him a call-up.
However for the meantime, Omorodion’s difficulty is not going to be his worldwide profession. He was near becoming a member of Chelsea, however the deal broke down on Sunday night time. Because it stands, becoming a member of the Blues appears unimaginable, so he must select between remaining at Atletico Madrid or going out on mortgage once more.
