How Should Dual Nationality Players Respond To their Latest Critique by the Sports Minister?

This is the thing: if dual nationality players have the ‘Nigerian fire and spirit in their bellies’ like the sports minister expects - based on his recent statement - then he should be expecting a torrent of abuse and insults coming his way shortly.

These are the sort of statements sure to provoke anger in players who turn up to sacrifice themselves for their country despite being owed many months of wages and bonuses.

If these players should do the Osimhen-uncouth-rants who will blame them?

But I doubt dual nationality players will stoop so low as to use filthy, disgraceful language on social media to express displeasure at misguided statements from officials and coaches old enough to be their parents.

Methinks they are just too classy, well groomed and finely cultured to produce such crass.

But in fairness to Osimhen, we are all human beings who can be hurt by unfair criticisms. In such a situation, nobody can predict for certain how exactly they would behave. Which lays responsibility clearly on the court of others to be careful when criticising and laying blame.