Tolu Arokodare: I’ll get Super Eagles call when it’s my time

Tolu Arokodare has scored six goals in 10 games for KRC Genk so far this season, just two shy of the eight he scored in 29 games last season.

The 23-year-old sits as joint top scorer in the Belgian Jupiler League so far this term and he is the top scoring Nigerian across the 10 best leagues in Europe so far but the forward, born in Festac Town, Lagos is not part of the Super Eagles team that will play Libya in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double header on Friday and Tuesday.

Asked in an interview in Triba Football if he, like many Nigerians, is not surprised about is exclusion, Arokodare believes he was overlooked because it is not his time yet to play for Nigeria.

‘We have a huge talent in our attack obviously and the whole squad is full of talents.

‘I haven’t been contacted by the NFF, but with time, if I keep performing right and doing the right things, I think I will get that call soon and me not being called up I think it’s not my time and I think the players that are being called up before me, they worked to be in that position, they deserved every invitation to the Super Eagles. I just need to have patience and work harder,’ he told Tribal Football.

Arokodare also spoke on Victor Boniface’s reported resolve not to play in the Premier League and if Victor Osimhen made the right decision to go to Galatasaray.

‘Boniface saying he doesn’t want to play in the Premier league that’s his preference. Everyone has what they want for themselves, and he has his style of play, he knows the kind of football he wants, and we all are different human beings, and we all know what we want.

‘For me, I would love to play in the Premier League, it will be a dream come true for me, everyone is there but can’t want the same thing. If he says the Premier League isn’t his style then we have to respect his taste and decisions,’ he said and says Osimhen’s decision should be respected.

‘I don’t think that’s my business, I mean if he moved to Chelsea, Real Madrid or to anywhere. Whatever decisions he makes, that’s the best for him, he knows what he wants, and he makes the decisions, so I have no say in that.

‘He is someone that I look out for. I have always admired (him), whatever he thinks is best for him. I mean you can see he is there already; I think he has two goals and two assists. He is having a big impact already in Turkey.’