The 33-year-antique has been outstanding for the Flower of Shanghai and the Super Eagles gaffer is open to welcome him again into the fold
Gernot Rohr has hinted at in-form Shanghai Shenhua forward, Obafemi Martins getting a danger to function for Nigeria at the World Cup next year.
Martins has scored sixteen goals in 39 appearances considering that he teamed up with the Chinese outfit in 2016 from Seattle Sounders.
The 33-12 months-old scored twice to lead Wu Jingui’s aspect to a fourth Chinese FA Cup title on Sunday when they defeated Shanghai SIPG on a 3-three aggregate.
And the German tactician is upbeat that the addition of the previous Newcastle United striker will increase competition in the attacking branch of the team.
“Yes, the door is open to all our pleasant players, together with Martins. He is scoring a number of desires and we need to get competition for all the positions, in particular centre-forward,” Rohr informed KweseEspn.
"For now, we've got Kelechi [Iheanacho] who's gambling no longer all the time. [But ] we played Kelechi in opposition to Argentina and he did nicely.
“Then Anthony [Nwakaeme] also did properly towards Algeria and [Odion] Ighalo, who is injured now, did very well towards Cameroon. But we have also different gamers, like the young boy [Victor] Osimhen, and we have to look everywhere.
"We have quite a few possibilities for the strikers, and so Martins, if he's scoring dreams, will be welcome."
The Super Eagles will understand their foes on the World Cup on Friday whilst the draw for Russia 2018 may be made.
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