Obafemi Martins willingly to play for Super Eagles again

 

Obafemi Martins has admitted that he still dreams of pulling on the Nigerian jersey, but says it is up to the technical crew.

The striker, who has scored 10 times in 22 games for Seattle Sounders in the American Major Soccer League, has only been invited twice to the Super Eagles squad in three years.

“I’m here and I’m Nigerian, so we’ll see if I get picked. I have no control over it,” Martins told Fifa.com. Continue...


“Every coach has his favourites. All I can say is that I’m playing good football in Seattle and I’m happy doing it.

“If I’m in the Nigeria team, great, and if I’m not, I wish them all the best. I always want Nigeria to do well.

Martins, 30, also stated that Nigerian players are embraced in every league in the world, because they are talented and passionate about football.

“We don’t have the best domestic league system in Nigeria, but we do have some of the best players – too many talented players.

“Go to Germany, Russia, Spain, Italy, wherever, and you’ll find Nigerians playing there. They might not be the big stars, but they’re out there showing what Nigerian football is all about.

“Nigerians love to play football and it’s not like here in the States where there’s American football, baseball, basketball. All we have is football in Nigeria. And we love it.”

Martins has played 39 games for Nigeria and scored 18 goals.