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Unbelievably, the Nigerian FA will be reporting David Moyes to the English FA following his comment regarding Yakubu's real age.
Unbelievably, the Nigerian FA will be reporting David Moyes to the English FA following his comment regarding Yakubu's real age.
Speaking to KickOff, NFA spokesman Demola Olajire said: "His statement is insultive to the Nigerian nation and unbecoming of a Premiership manager.
"We don't take kindly to snide remarks about our players, or our nation and we will be lodging a strongly-worded complaint to the English FA to sanction him."
Two more Nigerians, Ahmed Abdulrahman and Fatai Amoo (yes they are their real names) have also moved quickly to criticise Moyes.
"It was a racist comment, If Yakubu was Brazilian or European, would he have called it Brazilian or European age?" Abdulrahman said.
Amoo, apparently stunned by Moyes' comment, said: "I want to believe he was joking. John Terry made a similar remark when John Mikel Obi celebrated his 20th birthday too."
On the fans forum at cybereagles.com, however, some Nigerian's are jumping to the defence of Moyes. One native declared:
"We can all carry on like ostriches if we so choose. But the fact remains that our systems for recording births is a shambles. One man can have as many passports as he chooses. So there are way too many reasons why it is wise not to accept a Nigerian's claimed age on face value"