Tremendous Eagles vice-captain, William Troost-Ekong, has revealed that he almost give up worldwide soccer a couple of weeks earlier than the beginning of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Troost-Ekong was ignored by Peseiro within the construct as much as the competitors.
The 30-year-old was not invited for the double-header friendlies towards Saudi Arabia and Mozambique final November.
The centre-back was additionally benched within the group’s earlier outing towards Sao Tome and Principe in October.
“[It] resulted in us not truly talking for a couple of months,” Troost-Ekong advised CNN World Sport.
“That was the time when my satisfaction and ego, I believe, received the higher of me. I thought of stopping.
“Fortunately, I’ve received group of individuals round me who took me out of it.
“[It] made me take into consideration my youthful self and the way a lot it meant and the way proud I used to be to play my first sport [for Nigeria].
“I deserved to provide my youthful self a greater ending. In order that was the factor that modified my thoughts … I believe my profession has all the time been a testomony of not giving up.”
Troost-Ekong featured in six of Nigeria’s seven video games on the AFCON 2023 finals.
He scored three targets and was named Participant of the Match.
