Odemwingie Back To Super Eagles

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced that the much-publicised misunderstanding between Super Eagles’ coach Samson Siasia and star player Osaze Odemwingie has been laid to rest.

The frosty relationship between former World Cup star Siasia and ace winger Odemwingie was brought to the front pages of the international press in May, when the former announced that one of his key actors had walked out on cast and crew without stating his destination.

Osaze missed the top grade international friendly against Argentina in Abuja on June 1, as a result and was also overlooked for the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier away to Ethiopia on June 5.

But the NFF said on Monday that the misunderstanding is now history and the fleet-footed forward can look forward to a recall ahead of another top grade international friendly, against the Black Stars of Ghana in London next month.

“It’s now history; Siasia and Osaze have settled their little tiff and we are happy about that. Nigeria can now call on her very best legs in subsequent games without any exception”, stated chairman of NFF Technical Committee, Barrister Chris Green.

A meeting initiated by NFF President Alhaji Aminu Maigari took place in London some weeks ago and last Friday Siasia, who scored a wonder goal for Nigeria against Argentina at the 1994 World Cup and then became the first coach to lead Nigeria to beat Argentina at senior level, in a 4-1 friendly thrashing in Abuja last month, scored another important ‘goal’. He announced that he has forgiven the effervescent striker and that he should come back to the fold and sin no more.