Ex-international Jonathan Akpoborie says the Super Eagles will continue to suffer a dearth of good players if the standard of the domestic league is not improved upon.
The 1985 U-17 World Cup winner, who began his football career in the domestic league with Julius Berger before moving to Europe, added that unless the problem of age falsification is checked among age-grade players, the country‘s football would continue to suffer.
”If we don‘t do this, the quality of players produced from the junior teams and the domestic league for the Super Eagles will always be second-class.”
He advised the Nigeria Football Federation to create a functional football league in secondary schools, saying it would help in grooming players for the national teams.
The former Wolfsburg striker added that the country needed visionary football administrators to move the sport forward.
He said, ”I don‘t believe that being an ex-footballer is what is required to run the affairs of Nigerian football.”
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