Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has tasked Augustine Eguavoen to get Crystal Palace offensive midfielder Eberechi Eze into the team for the Ghana clash.
Siasia is convinced that the Super Eagles lacks a creative force in the caliber of Okocha and Eze can be the real deal if he is invited.
“We don’t a number 10., that is a creative midfielder in the mode of Jay Jay Okocha that can distribute accurate passes to the strikers. We just don’t have them now that is why I have been thinking of Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace. The Super Eagles need that player. He could be the next Okocha if we invite him.” Siasia told Sun News
“I have told Eguavoen that the team needs a player of his mood. He will be a good addition to the Super Eagles. We need somebody like him in the team because if you don’t have an offensive player who creates chances for the strikers to score, the team will have problems.
“That is why we had the problem we faced during the Nations Cup in Cameroon. Strikers like Awoniyi will run around without getting the ball and we will say he did not play anything, yet nobody gave him the ball.
“When Sadiq came in, even though he missed many chances, he, however, created some chances too. Awoniyi is a good player, scoring very well but we have to understand the network between the midfielders and attackers.
“If the strikers don’t get the balls, they have to create the changes by themselves. This is the biggest chance we have. We are not bad defensively and I was surprised they keep blaming the goal we lost against Tunisia on the goalkeeper, but they forgot that great keepers need to have good defenders.” He added.
Eze, 23, was born in Greenwich to Nigerian parents and has represented England at youth level though he is still eligible to switch allegiance to Nigeria.
