A senior official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says that striker Bayer Leverkusen Victor Boniface could be expelled from Nigeria’s national team after his recent interview where he criticized the commitments of his teammates, when they play for Nigeria.
Boniface in an interview last week regretted the attitude of some of his teammates, while in international service they say they don’t care if the team wins or loses.
“If some of my teammates go to the national team, they feel that, we go, we play, whether we win or lose, it doesn’t matter,” Boniface said in the Podcast of the League of Culture.
“I’m always trying to tell you that we are millions in Nigeria. I think we have the highest population in Africa.”
Reacting a member of the NFF Board said they have heard the interview and told Chief coach Eric Chelle to institute disciplinary actions against the 24 years, which could lead to a possible exclusion of the team.
It was said that Chelle was very unhappy with the interview, particularly a player who already divides the opinion in the team due to his lack of efforts as seen in the last game against Russia, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
NFF for his part wants him to expel him from the team, due to the bad blood that his interview has created in the team after an argument with some senior players in the team. They want a happy and united team while they go to the crucial stages in the World Cup qualifiers.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman