English sensation and Arsenal player Bukayo Saka revealed he was close to playing for Nigeria ahead of England as he gets set to round up his visit to Nigeria.
Saka is presently in Lagos as part of his holidays following the end of the season in England, soaking in the sights and sounds in Nigeria’s commercial capital and has also visited lots of orphanages to give support.
In one of the orphanages he visited, the 21-year-old was asked by a staff of the organization why he decided to pick the English national team ahead of the senior national team of Nigeria.
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‘I will tell you this. I was very close to playing for one of the youth teams in 2019. It was the wish of my father but things happen and you have to live with your decisions. I feel very much Nigerian and nothing can change that,’ he told reporters.
Saka is reported to have scheduled a visit with the newly sworn-in president of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja before the end of his holiday in Nigeria.
‘A visit to the president is on their list but I don’t know if it will be possible. He looks quite a lovely lad and shy.
Staff of the orphanage he visited said, “we couldn’t believe who was next to us. So humble and down to earth”.
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