A cross-section of Nigerian football fans are united in their clamour for the inclusion of Watford striker, Emmanuel Dennis, in the Super Eagles following his omission from the upcoming World Cup qualifying double-header against Central African Republic on October 7 and October 10 in Lagos and Douala, respectively.
Capped twice so far by Nigeria, the 23-year-old, who began his European sojourn as a teenager in the Ukrainian Premier League with Zorya Luhansk, is part of a huge Nigerian and African contingent at Watford that includes the Nigerian quartet of Super Eagles vice-captain William Troost-Ekong, Oghenekaro Etebo, Tom-Dele Bashiru, and Isaac Success, alongside Senegalese star Ismaila Sarr, Imran Louza of Morocco, and Ghana’s Kwadwo Baah.
Watford based Emmanuel Dennis, in his first season in the Premier League, was the surprise omission as Manager Gernot Rohr dropped his 23-man list for the two matches slated for next week.
With a goal and assist against Aston Villa on his Premier League debut was voted man of the match.
The three-time Belgian league champion with Club Brugge, joined Watford during the summer transfer window in a €4 million deal.
He scored 27 goals in just over 90 club appearances for Club Brugge and has featured in both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, notably scoring twice at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid in 2019.
But no sooner as the Eagles roster was made public through the official social media account of the Super Eagles (@ng_supereagles), did the comments kicking against the exclusion of Emmanuel Dennis start flooding in on the comments session of the same ng-supereagles page.
Fans Reactions:
One of the respondents, @ejike Metempo, noted that, “Ahmed Musa does nit offer anything to the team. He is occupying space of the likes of Emmanuel Dennis ,who is doing extremely well at Watford”.
@Solapret in his comment, wrote, “we need Dennis”, while @AYcomedianworld wrote, “it’s a surprise that there is no Emmanuel Dennis”.
We hope to see the Watford man in future National outings.
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