Obafemi, Yakubu for Eagles recall

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

SUPER Eagles coach, Samson Siasia is now contemplating recalling Obafemi Martins and Yakubu Aiyegbeni to join the Super Eagles ahead of the must win encounter against Guinea next month. The move comes against the backdrop of the superlative performance of both players for their clubs in the past days.

Obafemi scored in Rubin Kazan’s 3-0 win over Shamrock Rovers in the Uefa Europa League last Thurday and Yakubu, who last saw action for Eagles in last year’s World Cup, emerged the hero in Blackburn Rovers’ 4-3 win over Arsenal in the Barclays English Premier League on Saturday with a double strike.

Super Eagles assistant manager, Simon Kalika, revealed that Obafemi and Yakubu will now be considered for recalls to the Nigerian national team.

“Obafemi was with us (the team) recently. He got injured and we had to allow him recover, and thank goodness he is back now. Yakubu had a bad time in the national team but we are happy that he has taken the right step to resolve his career.

“Coach Siasia is considering the two of them for call-up to the team. They are very good players that will add quality and experience to the side,” the Dutchman said.

But it is unclear whether Obafemi and Yakubu would be named for next month’s games against Ghana and Guinea.

Kalika refused to comment on the possibility of the two featuring in the games.

Yakubu has been left out of the Nigerian set-up following a dismal display at the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

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