 The football season league has just ended, the league season has just ended around the world and most footballers are looking to move to new clubs or improve on their existing contracts given with some free time. Most Nigerian and African players are given reasons why they can't play friendlies and other matches for their countries. What are your thoughts? Thanks for joining us this morning. What could be the reason for this? It's not official really but people are concluding that African players, Nigerian players especially, tend to attach too much importance to their clubs and leaving their countries out of it and we think it's really wrong because our user Ngulu Kanci for example, who plays for Chelsea, after the one of the champions Diggie was asked Kanci, what next? He said he's very happy that he's won the league but duty calls, the country calls, he's going to France to go and play for the Euros you know and you can remember with a lot of disgusts when Mekia Lobby would tell us he's injured for a national match with Super Eagles and on Tuesdays injured he can't play the match and then he placed 19 minutes for Chelsea on Saturday of that same week so you know most people just feel like is this attitude of I'm not going to die for country, I'm not going to die on the field of play when it comes to the country but when it comes to money and their clubs they are willing to actually spill blood if they have to and we think it's really wrong when it comes to your country don't take your country seriously. But why? I mean so let's also look at you know where some of these reasons will come from is it because they love their clubs more than they love their countries is it maybe also because their countries have not been able to make playing for home something of something of joy every other day we hear about athletes who you know get a chain nationality and run for Portugal run for Netherlands run for France for Australia because at home they know that you know if they continued with or if they stuck you know with the training facilities at home or with the sporting you know space at home yeah they wouldn't have made it at home. I'll use my country Nigeria which is my country so far as an example the welfare is terrible we don't take care of our players we're not a particular player who got injured I mean in a car crash in Ikeja and the NFF promised to help him out he's a very good friend he's on his own most of the time and then eventually they came after like a few months and said listen guy you are actually not on official duty when you had the accident go take care of yourself and that's where Nigerian players have their cases too and they say listen you don't take care of us we know for one that you know raw for example is being old like 12 months salary right now so how do you where where's the encouragement actually don't want to die if you have to on the field of play for a country that doesn't pay your your allowances regularly we'll not take care of you medically and all that yes so they have their cases too when they say I'm not going to take it too seriously you know but um it's very obvious when it comes to Nigeria the guys tell you straight to your face I can't make it now I have a meeting with my my club and coaches next tomorrow it's about my job my contract existing contract you guys should leave me alone for now you know there are ways you can go about it without actually being or this other country you just said maybe you know Mikhail will be you know claimed to be injured instead of yeah we have seen cases where Mikhail was in Nigeria for like maybe only Tuesday a supra goes against somebody and then the message is centered medical crew of Chelsea will say Mikhail is injured he can't play and then Saturday of that week so where do you think where do you think the the fixing needs to come from should it come from the players and the type of excuses they give should they modify the excuses and not make it disrespectful or shoot the Nigerian sports federation um be of course be able to fix itself they should work on their they should work on their structures yes if you take care of these guys and their welfare is fantastic of course they will come in all time even if you don't ask they will come I've noticed something ironically the only guys who put so much zeal so much passion into coming from Nigeria's collapse went to the game when they are playing and they want to actually grow up abroad the one who actually were groomed there the ones who actually played here before going abroad don't have that zeal but they want to actually put the passion and zeal into it they want to actually grow up abroad how to nationalize so how do we explain that well it's simple um they actually don't depend on our welfare here don't they don't think that they think it's it's a favor being able to actually play for their country that's the attitude they bring into it when they come for his first party goes but the ones who actually grew up here like I beg I can't kill myself I've gone out there to go and make money they injure me here now you will stop my payments they are just true I agree with every other week we are begging you guys like you're right me say like you're right me say this I don't get um maybe they should modify this excuses don't make it look like it's in our faces you know I'm not coming I'm not coming like that you know I think I just started putting my heart maybe the sports ministry also should do better yes I agree with in every single welfare the structure should be built you can imagine how do you get the best of a coach that has been owed 12 months salary there's a couple there's a couple of days ago that we saw a campaign oh that was a different one there's a man who was he's an Olympian he went to the Olympics for Nigeria probably won you know bronze or silver medal in the 80s I believe he is in potaka today parking or clearing road you know this guy's that you see on the road which shovel that you know are not government officials but just assisting with you know fixing the roads in potaka that's how his story has ended in my former office I used to get new complimentary newspapers and I stick it to a former Nigerian footballer who also coached him on a 17 team and he was being owed lots of money in Abuja his wife was going to and throw to Abuja to get the money he never got the money and he had one leg tated initially and then eventually he affected the second leg second leg towards up she said and the pain killed him and he practically died in my house and he's still been owed those those money still now so you see I I actually see their case too when they say I won't come and die for Nigeria because they do have a case too you know the Nigerian must must work on their welfare too normally in Nigeria in Africa look you can look at but ask ask myself Nigerians to some of them tend to be self-centered when it comes to Nigeria I have not seen any outstanding Nigerian footballer who was once looking I'm not looking at you guys I'm not looking at the way I'm treating us I'll do my thing for Nigeria the Cameroon you know football tradition is worse than we are when it comes to payments of funds but Samuel Etoufis comes out of nowhere and said okay good leave their welfare you know I'll pay you guys we've seen that happen in Nigeria yeah I've heard of a particular player 14 hotel bills and stuff for the players why the rest points they were stranded in in in in the US and I think Mikaela be stood for them for two three days until some Japanese guy comes from nowhere so yes but at what points I'll just get too embarrassing for the Nigerian government or for our sports ministry to begin to do something about I cannot show you we remember us too many times there's been a game with the female team our female on a 17 went to Bokina Faso to play a game and their kids didn't come so they had to cut their tracksuits to shorts to play their games I've never asked all the other women the boss sport so they had to go by riot boat yes and then other things that happen like if they get there and then the players are ready there and then a few hours to the game our jerseys arrived before we start playing you can't be you can't blend more of the stories you can't blend players yes you know always push push push a person to be patriotic but sometimes pitchers seem to come to play it's not all it's not all rosy in other countries too really yes it may not be as bad as this but it's not all rosy but patriots seem to come to play we've seen players like didio jobba overlook the ivorian football federation and do things on its own and buy them wristwatches they do well platinum wristwatches and pay for their their their their flight tickets president of liberia now they're talking where did more for liberia you know they didn't have the version was even cast trap they didn't have money then you pay their f a pay their hotel you know all right we need to go just seems to come to play something yes and i think welfare of players should be you know a systemic thing not based on the philanthropy of some other players exactly while it's bought thank you thank you very much for your analysis and this is where we wrap up on a friday morning thank you very much for staying with us all through the week go out of course and have a very very blissful weekend if you missed out on any of these conversations you knew where to find it at plus tv africa on facebook twitter instagram and our youtube channel i am osaugi ogmawan and i'm anetta philix saying bye bye