The decision of the coach of Italy Gennaro Gattuso not to include Brentford defender Michael Kayode in his team for the world cup qualifiers playoff has moved the defender one step closer to playing for Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Born in Italy to parents of Nigerian descent, the 21 year old was hoping he would be included in the Italian squad for the two legged playoff games against Northern Ireland, hoping to be at their first World Cup since 2014.
Kayode would have committed his future to Italy if he was in the team, but following his omission he will go ahead and hold planned talks with the coach of Nigeria Eric Chelle on switching his nationality.
A timeline was set to bring to an an end any discussion on his international future, but that has now been shifted to the summer after the recent decision by Gattuso not to include him in his team for the playoff.
Reports in Italy say he doesn’t fit the playing style of the team under Gattuso, who doesn’t play with a full back rather uses wing backs.
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