Kanu Urges Home-based Eagles To Be Confident

Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu wants the domestic League players in the Super Eagles squad to be confident even in the face of competition from their Europe-based compatriots.

Kanu visited the squad at their training session last week in Abuja and assured them that they could be as good as the top players

“You have to have confidence in yourself and to be determined and not be shaky because some of your brothers are coming from Europe to join the team.

“They all started from here like you and you should show them that you can play as well as they can and demonstrate it when you engage Rwanda in Kigali,” he said.

He praised the courage and belief of Keshi in the players and urged the players to repay Keshi with wins in all their qualifying games for the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup and the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Team skipper, Chigozie Agbim, who replied on behalf of the players, thanked the icon for finding time to visit them in training and assured that the team will not let him and the Nigerian public down when they confront Rwanda in two days time.