This is a big embarrassment to Nigerian football! Recently, the Golden Eaglets team were required to verify their true ages through the use of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. However, fifteen of them have failed the test! They were detected during the Grade 1 test ordered by FIFA for all countries intending to participate at any international age-grade tournament.
U-17 Coach, Manu Garba spoke of his fears about the new FIFA MRI policy, as well as the unpredictability of the scan, while the outcome of the test was being awaited.
“If you factor the record and facial looks of the players, you might think that three quarter of the players will pass the test, but the MRI test is going to be a rigorous examination now as FIFA is insisting on a Grade 1 test instead of Grade 5 and it is difficult to know who will scale through that. There is no guarantee that even a player within stipulated age range will scale through,” Garba said on Monday.
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