Alaba Reveals Why He Never Played For Nigeria

Bayern Munich and Austria left-back football player, David Olatukunbo Alaba has finally revealed why he failed to play for his home country Nigeria when he was much younger.

According to Alaba, he was asked to pay a bribe by Golden Eaglets coaches before he could become part of the players’ for the 2007 FIFA U17 World Cup.

Naija News learnt that the late Yemi Tella was in charge of the Eaglets at the time as Alaba claimed to have trained with the Nigeria U17s which contained the likes of Lukman Haruna, Macauley Chrisantus and Rabiu Ibrahim ahead of the tournament in South Korea and impressed during the training camp.

Speaking further during the revelation about his ordeal in an interview with All Nigeria Soccer, Alaba said his mother insisted that there was no way she going to part with a single penny. He also labelled the Nigeria U-17 coaches, jokers and vowed not to respond to their greetings if he is approached by the coaches.