Toni UfohFormer Nigeria international, Emmanuel Amuneke has said that the early exit of Nigeria’s age-grade teams from FIFA tournaments in 2019 should send the nation’s football handlers back to the drawing-board. “We have the talents to qualify for major age-grade events and do well but, we seem to have deviated from that winning formula. “Sound developmental programs will curb age falsifications that have always impeded the seamless transition of players to the next grade.” He stated. The 20-year-old was part of the Golden Eaglets side that Amuneke led to world cup glory in 2015 in Chile, scoring 10 goals in the process. “We should allow players from academies to play the age-grade competitions.

Source: Punch January 07, 2020 05:03 UTC