Qatar World Cup: Ademola Lookman agreed to change international loyalty as the FIFA World Cup board accept the request
Ademola Lookman is set to signify Nigeria at the World Cup level after FIFA accepted his application to shift loyalty on Thursday. The 24-year-old, who is presently on credit at Leicester from RB Leipzig, has previously represented England at U19, U20, and U21 stages. Lookman was leaned to become an England regular after helping Paul Simpson's team win the U20 Football World Cup in 2017.
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But the Londoner, who qualifies for the Nigeria World Cup
team through his parents, is yet to gain a senior cap for the country of his
birth and has transferred commitment after a five-year chase. Lookman is now qualified
to play in Nigeria's two-legged World Cup qualifying play-off against
Ghana next month, with a room in Qatar up for grabs. We are thrilled about this
encouraging news because it comes as a major boost for the Nigeria Football
World Cup team.
Nigeria Football Federation director of communications
Ademola Olajire told the news channel of Sports Africa. He's now suitable
to play for Nigeria starting with next month's games, but a choice whether to
invite him or not is the only duty of the coach. Lookman is a great addition to
the team and after a long wait, we are pleased that he can finally play for us. For more
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Lookman is not the first England youth FIFA World Cup player
to shift allegiances to Nigeria, with Sone Aluko, Victor Moses, Shola Ameobi,
Alex Iwobi, and Ola Aina all doing so earlier. Former Chelsea star
Moses attained important success following his change, appearing in two Football
World Cup Finals and winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013. England
manager Gareth Southgate influenced Lookman not to make the shift in
2018.
I know every nation is quite violent in their drafting and I
know they have always had attention in him, but he is playing and has been in
our teams, the U20s, U21s, said Southgate. So in terms of inspiration through
game time, we are doing as much as we possibly can to keep him in the England
World Cup squad. Lookman first exposed his intentions to change his
international allegiance in January 2020, although he continued playing for
England was a choice.
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