Nigeria head coach, Gernot Rohr, has disclosed that he never asked Bournemouth midfielder, Philip Billing, to play for Super Eagles. According to Rohr, it was Billing\u2019s agent, who called him and said his client was interested in playing for Nigeria because he doesn\u2019t play as much for Denmark. Speaking in an interview with ESPN, the
Nigeria head coach, Gernot Rohr, has disclosed that he never asked Bournemouth midfielder, Philip Billing, to play for Super Eagles.
According to Rohr, it was Billing’s agent, who called him and said his client was interested in playing for Nigeria because he doesn’t play as much for Denmark.deal with the Nigeria Football Federation , said Billing, 23, told him he wanted some time after he asked the player few questions about the Nigerian team.
Rohr said: “Billing’s agent called me and said he was interested in coming to Nigeria because he doesn’t play as much for Denmark. “So he wanted me to call Billing. I said I didn’t have his number, so he gave it to me. When I called, Billing asked some questions about the Nigerian team.“I think the agent used the interest to make him more important or give him more a chance to play for Denmark.”asked Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi to convince him to play for Nigeria.
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