Nigerians want Shola Ameobi for World Cup

[Shola Sholaz]

Nigerians may have forgiven Shola Ameobi for declining a place in the Super Eagles team that won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Cup ... and ...
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... the coach of the national team may try and coax the Newcastle striker to play in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in March.
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Keshi said on a television programme that he sees a bit of himself in the striker who made his debut against Venezuela last year.
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Keshi: "I think I need Shola Ameobi because Ameobi coming for the Venezuela game - you could see a different presence in the locker room.
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"He came with a coaching ability, he came in with this togetherness that says we are together wherever you might have come from.
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"When he talked to the boys, they listened and I said wow - this is what I am looking for on the field. Somebody who can talk for me on the field because I know when I was playing as a captain - I know what I do.
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"And we talked and he was really ready to come but whatever he had in his contract denied him from coming."
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Former Toon No 9 Obafemi Martins (pictured right) is still in the plans for the Super Eagles ... but he must be ready to come. Keshi: "Martins wasn't ready for the Cup of Nations but he is still part of the group.
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"And when he gets his next call-up, if he wants to come, we will see how it goes."