World Cup 2026: I tried to convince him to play for Super Eagles – Troost-Ekong on Canada striker, David Promise

Former Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong, has revealed that helium made efforts to transportation Canada striker, Promise David to dedicate his planetary vocation to Nigeria alternatively than Canada.

The Ontario-born subordinate considered representing Nigeria earlier yet choosing to power allegiance to his federation of commencement aft playing for Nigeria’s Olympic nationalist squad successful a 2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania.

David needed FIFA support to play for Canada, arsenic the matches helium played for Nigeria’s U23s were competitive, and helium received support to change his sporting nationality successful February 2025.

The Royale Union Saint-Gilloise subordinate has made a notable interaction astatine the ongoing tourney successful Canada, Mexico, and the United States, contributing either a extremity oregon an assistance successful some matches helium has played aft coming disconnected the bench.

Troost-Ekong confirmed that helium engaged successful discussions with the talented guardant astir the enactment of representing the Super Eagles.

The erstwhile Super Eagles skipper said connected SuperSports, “His emergence has been meteoric, and of course, helium is of Nigerian descent, truthful we had a speech astir playing for Nigeria. I tried my champion to person him.”

Troost-Ekong besides commended David for making an contiguous interaction by scoring successful Cana...