David Alaba, Bayern Munich star,
has accused coaches of the Golden Eaglets of denying him the opportunity to
join the Nigerian squad at the 2007 FIFA World Cup in South Korea because he
refused to pay bribe.
The late Yemi Tella was in charge
of the Eaglets at the time.
In an interview with All Nigeria
Soccer, Alaba called the Nigeria U-17
coaches, “jokers” and vowed not to have anything to do with any of them in
future.
He claimed to have trained with
Palanga midfielder, Haruna Lukman Abdulkarim, UB Conquense forward, Macauley
Chrisantus and Slovan Bratislava’s midfielder, Rabiu Ibrahim ahead of the 2007
World Cup.
The 26-year-old was eligible to
represent Nigeria but he switched to Austria, his country of birth, after that
encounter.
Alaba, who was born in Vienna,
capital of Austria, has a Filipino mother and Nigerian father.
Alaba has earned 68 caps for
Austria, scoring 13 goals and represented the country at the 2016 European
Championship.
On September 9, 2007, the late
Tella led a team of youngsters to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
That was the third time Nigeria
had that title after previous wins in 1985 in China and 1993 in Japan.
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