{"id":337459,"date":"2011-03-25T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/nigeria-moses-makes-u-turn-on-eagles\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T10:20:35","slug":"nigeria-moses-makes-u-turn-on-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/nigeria-moses-makes-u-turn-on-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Moses Makes U-Turn On Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.3017732742\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/64b3dae5vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Ben Efe<\/p>\n<p>25 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Wigan Athletic youngster, Victor Moses could get his chance to play international football with the Eagles after he was handed a late call up by coach Samson Siasia for the Nigeria\/ Ethiopia Nations Cup qualifying match on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Moses was invited by Siasia for the international friendly against Sierra Leone in February, but he was undecided because he was still looking at playing for England Under-21 and ultimately the senior side coached by Fabio Capello. He was also influenced by his coach at Wigan , Roberto Martinez who wanted his player to commit to England, to avoid the usual club and country row during the Cup of African Nations.<\/p>\n<p>However, this was not to be. Moses who was put on standby by England Under-21 coach Staurt Pierce for their game against Denmark on Thursday and he came to the realisation that, Nigeria will best serve his ambition of playing international football rather than England.<\/p>\n<p>His agent Tony Finnigan put a call to coach Siasia to intimate him of the player&#8217;s final decision to play for Nigeria. Siasia did not hesitate to call the player as one of the replacements for Nnamdi Oduamadi and Obiora Nwankwo who were drafted to the Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Moses, is a fast winger and sometimes plays the strikers&#8217;s role. He has been viewed by football analysts as a player who will make impact in the future for club and country. Moses has represented England at U-17, U-19 and U-21 levels.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103250437.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Moses Makes U-Turn On Eagles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Moses Makes U-Turn On Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ben Efe 25 March 2011 Wigan Athletic youngster, Victor Moses could get his chance to play international football with the Eagles after he was handed a late call up by coach Samson Siasia for the Nigeria\/ Ethiopia Nations Cup qualifying match on Sunday Moses was invited by Siasia for the international friendly against Sierra Leone in February, but he was undecided because he was still looking at playing for England Under-21 and ultimately the senior side coached by Fabio Capello. He was also influenced by his coach at Wigan , Roberto Martinez who wanted his player to commit to England, to avoid the usual club and country row during the Cup of African Nations. However, this was not to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-337459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Moses Makes U-Turn On Eagles - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/nigeria-moses-makes-u-turn-on-eagles\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Moses Makes U-Turn On Eagles - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ben Efe 25 March 2011 Wigan Athletic youngster, Victor Moses could get his chance to play international football with the Eagles after he was handed a late call up by coach Samson Siasia for the Nigeria\/ Ethiopia Nations Cup qualifying match on Sunday Moses was invited by Siasia for the international friendly against Sierra Leone in February, but he was undecided because he was still looking at playing for England Under-21 and ultimately the senior side coached by Fabio Capello. 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