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Aribo reveals problem with Super Eagles No.10 Jersey

Aribo disclosed he was under pressure rocking the jersey number during his national team debut in a friendly against Ukraine


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The Super Eagles Number 10 shirt has been described as a burden by Southampton’s new signing, Joe Aribo.

Having inherited the jersey number from legendary late Muda Lawal, Henry Nwosu, Etim Esin, Austin Okocha, John Obi Mikel, the Scottish brought up, while narrating his route to stardom in a YouTube video posted on his latest Twitter handle, hinted that he is a work in progress compared to his predecessors.

Stressing further, Aribo disclosed he was under pressure rocking the jersey number during his national team debut in a friendly against Ukraine in September 2019.

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Surprisingly, the erstwhile Rangers midfield emerged as a scoring debutant in the 2-2 draw and later toppled it with a superb goal on his second appearance the following month, a 1-1 draw in the friendly against former world champions, Brazil in Singapore.

“In terms of Nigeria call up, I’ll never forget the first time, I got called up, like, and it was a crazy feeling.

“And I remember the first game, it was against Ukraine and like where everyone sitting in front of a number, and I got given the number 10. So even in myself, I’m sitting there thinking. Is this my shirt? Like, I didn’t even put my stuff down. I was waiting for someone to actually tell me like, yeah, you’re wearing the 10.”

This article was updated 2 days ago

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