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Kanu Reacts To Abraham, Tomori's England Call-ups

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Oct 4, 2019.

Following Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori’s call-ups to the Three Lion squad ahead of the 2020 European qualifiers, Super Eagles Legend, Nwankwo Kanu said no player is bigger than the Super Eagles.
Gareth Southgate included the duo in the Three Lions’ squad to face the Czech Republic and Bulgaria in October’s Euro 2020 qualification games, to end the question on where the Chelsea stars will commit their international allegiance.
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“Our problem is that whenever someone starts doing well, we start chasing them which is not bad because other countries do that,” Kanu told Goal.
“I feel we don’t need to force people to play for the country because Nigeria is bigger than any player.
“We have quality players everywhere so we can’t continue to beg one player to play for us. Nigeria cannot beg, players have to beg Nigeria.
“The best way to always go about this is talking to them to play for their fatherland.
“If they do, it’s good for us and if they don’t we move on. That’s football and I think we have enough and we can win matches without them.”
England are currently sitting top of Group A on 12 points, having won all four of their qualifying ties to date.
For Nigeria, they play Brazil in a high-profile friendly in Singapore on October 13.