A former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba
has said it was wrong for Godfrey Oboabona not to have accepted to undergo
trials with English Premier League side Arsenal. But another Nigeria
ex-international Mutiu Adepoju believes the defender took the right stand in
rejecting to undergo trials instead of a direct contract negotiation.
Oboabona had said it was disrespectful for Arsenal to ask
him to undergo trials after what he had achieved with the Super Eagles
especially at the 2013 Africa Nations Cup.
But Ikpeba, who played under Arsenal manager Arsene
Wenger at French club Monaco, said the Sunshine Stars captain got it wrong.
Ikpeba told
MTNFootball.com, “Oboabona was wrongly advised, he should have gone for the
trials even if he does not make it into Arsenal, another English side would
have seen him.
