Chelsea forward Victor Moses could be excluded from Nigeria squad to the Rio Olympics as punishment and “a corrective measure” after he opted out of the country’s recent friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg last month.
Moses is now one of the over-aged players on Samson Siasia’s provisional list for the summer games, but as reported when he pulled out of the friendly games last month, he incurred the wrath of the NFF, who could now be set to exclude him from the final list of players who will travel to Brazil.
“It is as I said before, his withdrawal from those games (against Mali and Luxembourg) made us unhappy and it wasn’t the first time he was doing it,” a top official told AfricanFootball.com
“And now his name is on the Olympic Games list, but I’m not sure he will make it because we need to take some corrective measures for these players to understand the importance of playing for Nigeria.”
Head coach of Nigeria’s U23 team Samson Siasia is yet to make any proclamations on this, and it remains to be seen if he will insist on having the Chelsea winger on his team should he be available for Rio Olympics.