Out of favour Eagles attacker, John Utaka, said that he is anxious to move to France and play regular football in order to win a place in Nigeria’s team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The debate has been on for long and it does appear the end to it is still far. The tussle between club and country, and players’ loyalty to club over country reverberated Tuesday, January 5, when Chelsea and Nigeria mid-fielder, John Obi Mikel, said on Chelsea TV that playing for one’s country was a risk.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles, yesterday in Durban, failed to fly against Zambia’s Chipolopolo, who held their West Africans foes to a barren draw in a warm-up match for the African Cup of Nations, kicking off this weekend in Angola.

Amodu said that the team aim to have a good start with a win against Egypt, adding that the Eagles are ready for the match.

Nigeria and Zambia national teams to the Africa Nations Cup are playing their warm-up game behind closed doors to keep away sports journalists and spies who are out to gather information on the teams and tactics.