.Says we pay too much attention to immediate gratification
Former Green Eagles winger, Adegoke Adelabu, has revealed why most Nigerian ex-national team players don’t pay attention to the local league.
Three days ago, former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, was reported to have declared that he would rather watch the English Premier League (EPL) than pay attention to the local league in Nigeria. Many saw Okocha’s declaration as a death sentence on the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL).
However, Adelabu, who played club football with the then IICC Shooting Star of Ibadan, told The Guardian, yesterday, that many ex-players preferred to pay attention to foreign football than the local league for obvious reasons.
“The problem is complicated,” Adelabu, a sports scientist, said. “Even the whole aspiration of the players featuring in the local league in Nigeria is to go…
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