William Troost-Ekong Who happens to b super Eagle Captain has Giving Reasons why why he Decided to play for the national team of Nigeria over the Netherlands. He was Born in Haarlem, and he chose to defect from the Netherlands to Nigeria, Because his father originally hails from Nigeria
Based on what being heard from the former Watford star, his decision was made after he received a phone call with late former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, who was coaching the team at the time.
According to discussions with Keshi. Before taking the opportunity to represent Nigeria The 31-year-old played in friendly matches for his country of birth at U19 and U20 level
Asked why he chose Nigeria over the Netherlands, Troost-Ekong said on the latest episode of The Sports Afterparty Podcast:
“My decision was made quite early in my career. I was 20 at the time, I just finished my breakthrough season in the Netherlands, first year of playing probably 30 plus games in the Eredivisie, which is the highest league in the Netherlands. And I got a phone call all of a sudden from Stephen Keshi, who was the coach at the time, ex-captain and ex-player, so I was quite blown away when he called me.
He “Just at the start of the season, He had played for the Dutch U19 and U20 squads, but there was no real perspective yet for the first team.
“He said This was the only tangible option that he had. The choice was between trying to progress and later in my career maybe have a chance to play for the Netherlands or have a chance now to play for the Super Eagles who were kind of going through a transition stage where a lot of their defenders that time were a little bit older, so I knew that they wanted to make some changes there.And taking that opportunity which then in turn would give me more perspective for my club thinking about all those things I kind of made that decision
