Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene unsure about Super Falcons return after World Cup miss

After missing out on the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad list, Nigeria midfielder Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene has revealed the uncertainty of her future with the national team career.

Her surprise omission from Randy Waldrum’s squad sparked reactions from the country’s football faithful before the start of the Women’s World Cup. However, since coming out to speak up about the irregularities in the team selection, some fans are now considering it is time for the player to leave.

On the other hand, Okobi is still passionate about representing the Green and White shirt but she is not certain if her continuity will be a dead rubber.

“I can’t say right now, when I’m ready to talk about that, I would do but not now,” the former Eskilstuna United midfielder reveals this during an X (Twitter) space interview with journalist Osasu Obayiuwana on Thursday.

“From the beginning of the whole situation when I was left out, I felt really bad.

“I wasn’t happy with myself and it almost made me take drastic decisions like trying to quit football because I felt if I couldn’t make a 23-player list, I wasn’t good enough to be called a footballer.

“No one told me anything, that day I went for training and on my way back after the season in May, I left Spain and went to Sweden to get good training. I thought I had a bigger task ahead of me, which was the World Cup, so I went to Sweden so I could train with my former team.

“I was coming back home, I started receiving notifications and tags from social media. When I checked, the first thing I saw ‘why is Okobi not on the list?’ Then I realised it had happened. So, I saw the list and my name was omitted. I just turned off my phone and cried a lot.”