June 24, 2015 – Head Coach of the U-23 national team, Samson Siasia has warned all members of the Flying Eagles team invited to the U-23 national team to return to camp by Friday 26th June or forget about the invitation.
Siasia invited members of the Nigerian team that went to New Zealand to the U-23 team after sacking some whom he saw as dead woods in the team.
Siasia said he cannot understand why players who called to beg for permission to see their families and rest a little would fail to report to camp after the one -week grace.
“No player can hold the nation to ransom. This attitude is unprofessional. When the players arrived from the U-20 World Cup, they called me to beg for a grace period to rest a little, which I did, and they promised to report after one week. It is now more than one week and none of them is around.”
Siasia disclosed that the Friday deadline is to give the players the benefit of doubt.
