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| Eagles skipper Joseph Yobo |
Eagles
skipper Joseph Yobo has slammed West
Bromwich striker Osaze Odemwingie
for being disrespectful, saying he must grow up.
Odemwingie has on Twitter indirectly put down
Yobo when he accused recent Eagles captains of looking out only for themselves,
adding that the team lacks a leader.
Yobo will now have his say in the biggest
drama in the Nigerian camp leading up to next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in
South Africa
Yobo told Brila FM
Radio on Friday [Dec. 28]:
“Osaze has been reckless,
disrespectful to most people. He’s not a kid, he should grow up because we cannot
continue to baby sit him”.
“This is not the first time he has
been disrespectful. He is fighting all the coaches and at the (2010) World Cup
he also disrespected me. He could be saying the right thing but he is going
about it the wrong way”.
“He is not the (Lionel) Messi or
(Cristiano) Ronaldo of Nigeria”.
“He should look himself in the
mirror”.
The
Fenerbache star also gave credit to coach Stephen
Keshi for the provisional squad he picked for the AFCON, while admitting
that he was surprised Obafemi Martins,
Osaze, Taye Taiwo and Kalu Uche
were not considered.
He argued:
“I will give him credit for the
squad. He will score 95% even though one or two should have been there. I’m
sure he would have had some sleepless nights in selecting his team. Kalu Uche,
Martins, Taye and Osaze not being there was a surprise but the coach must have
his reasons and he cannot call everybody”.
Yobo also admitted that at 32 this is
most likely his last AFCON.
“I think I have to
admit it that this may be my last Nations Cup. We have to allow younger players
to get their chance”,
said the central defender, who has featured in five Nations Cups.
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