With just four days to the crucial 2022 World Cup qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia at the Grand Stade de Tangier, Al-Shabab striker, Odion Ighalo is yet to announce when he will storm the Super Eagles camp.
Ighalo, who last played for the senior national team in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, where the team defeated Tunisia in the Third-Place match to win bronze, was named among the 24-man squad by the German tactician for the game against Liberia and Cape Verde.
It was the second time Ighalo would be exiting the national team following a vow he earlier made never to don Nigeria’s green and white after horrendous abuse and death threats directed at him and his family following Nigeria’s ouster from the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Ighalo made 35 appearances for the West Africa nation from 2015 to 2019, scoring 16 goals in the process.
The Super Eagles will tackle the Lone Star of Liberia at the Grand Stade Tangier in Morocco on Saturday, 13th November, and then fly into Lagos for the final group game against Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday, 16th November.
Despite the arrival of players to the Super Eagles camp, the former Watford star has remained silent on the issue , a situation which calls for concern.
Recall that he said that he won’t rush a decision to return to the Super Eagles even after coach Gernot Rohr threw open the doors of the team to him.
In case Ighalo fails to honour the invitation, what will be Rohr’s next game plan for the team? Will he recall Union Berlin striker, Taiwo Awoniyi back to the team as his replacement?
