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Richard AnimamLagos

Nigerians are still celebrating with Superintendent Eagles captain and Portsmouth of England forward Nwankwo Kanu for making history with the Premiership side after lifting the English fa Cup a hebdomad ago and becoming the lone Nigerian participant to have got amassed respective award in his football game career.

One adult male who have cut shot his jubilation to offer the Abia-born ex Arsenal of England gem a acrimonious but matter-of-fact advice is Head Taiwo Ogunjobi, himself an ex Green Eagles participant and currently President Technical Committee of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria Football Association (NFA)

Chief Ogunjobi who was the NFA secretary full general when Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima was president advised the leggy participant to discontinue football game now that the standing standing ovation is still very loud for him and age is catching up with him.

"Kanu have done well for ego and state but honestly I will counsel him to discontinue playing now that the ovation is still very loud. There is nil more in the game for him to prove," Head Ogunjobi said, stressing that the Capital Of Georgia '96 Olympic gold medalist could no longer play top social class football game for 90 minutes.

The NFA Board member cited the last Africa Nations Cup in Republic Of Ghana where Kanu was only able to play one game, the gap lucifer against Cote d'Ivoire which the Eagles lost 1-0 as well as at the baseball club degree where he rarely plays a full game.

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Kanu claims he is 31 old age now but Ogunjobi experiences that age is not on his side even as his manager at Portsmouth, Harry Redknapp teased after Kanu's alone work stoppage earned the squad the 2007/2008 fa Cup statute title that the participant could be about 47 old age old.

Despite Ogunjobi's feelings and Redknapp's gag over his existent age, the former Ajax Dutch Capital participant makes not experience like quitting yet as he said during the hebdomad that he still have eyes on Thursday 2010 World Cup after missing out of the last edition in Germany.

Pleading with Nigerians to bury about the Eagles' failure at the Republic Of Ghana 2008 Nations Cup last February, Kanu said, "The contiguous challenge for us is the concerted qualifying political campaigns for the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations. We missed out on the 2006 World Cup and it was painful. I am happy to have got won the fa Cp with Portsmouth but I can guarantee you that I will observe harder when we measure up for the World Cup."