BREAKING NEWS : Can Ekong sit Osimhen, Chukwueze, Lookman down and speak to them?’

Out of favour Nigeria international Brown Ideye did not hold back in an X space conversation hosted by The Naija Football Conference on Saturday, June 22.

The former West Brom striker touched on a variety of topics including the lack of genuine leaders in the current Super Eagles squad.

Ideye noted that experienced players Kenneth Omeruo and Ahmed Musa, who where his teammates in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations-winning Super Eagles squad, are not guaranteed roster spots these days.

The 35-year-old questioned the leadership abilities of William Troost-Ekong, suggesting that the PAOK central defender, who captained the Super Eagles at the AFCON, is only a figurehead.

Ideye highlighted that Troost-Ekong has no control over influential Super Eagles players such as Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and Samuel Chukwueze.

He insisted that the Super Eagles have not been at their best in recent matches because of the absence of a leader who can instill discipline in the side and keep the players focused, unlike in his time when they had Vincent Enyeama and Joseph Yobo.

“A leader has to be someone who has been in that team for years and years. In the present Super Eagles we don’t have those players like Enyeama and Yobo anymore,”

“Who do you want to give a leader, Ekong? It’s not about having the captain’s armband. Can Ekong sit Osimhen, Chukwueze, Lookman down and speak to them?