Yobo, a previous Everton and Fenerbahce player, was designated as a right hand to Super Eagles Head mentor, Gernot Rohr a couple of months back, supplanting Imama Amakapabo after the lapse of his agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation.
Joseph Yobo denies censuring Alex Iwobi
Reports on Monday morning proposed the Super Eagles incredible safeguard said in an Instagram live video meet with a columnist that the Super Eagles required another inventive midifelder in the form of Wilson Oruma and Jay Okocha as Iwobi was excessively conflicting.
Be that as it may, Yobo has now explained the remarks, saying he never called Iwobi 'conflicting' yet rather said he was 'unusual' after he was inquired as to why the Super Eagles had not gotten a midfielder like Okocha and Oruma since they resigned from the Super Eagles.
"This is the thing that plainly occurred during the live meeting on Instagram, the anchorman said since Austin Jayjay Okocha resigned Nigeria hasn't gotten an appropriate number 10. '' Yobo revealed to Brila FM
''Along these lines, I tended to his inquiries by saying in any event, when Okocha was playing we had Wilson Oruma on the grounds that he (Oruma) was my colleague and John Mikel Obi has done well for the National group as number 10 and he worked admirably before he resigned," said Yobo.
"I stated, I think Alex Iwobi can be a trade for the number 10 job. I watched him at 2019 AFCON and the anchorman stated, Iwobi is a decent player however he's conflicting and I stated, he is unusual and I like him.
"I don't have a clue where he (the essayist) got everything crossed out, he changed my words, I didn't utilize the word conflicting for Iwobi, the stay referenced that. I said he's eccentric and I like him, and his game his hard for midfielders and protectors to comprehend what he will do," he said.
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