Former African Footballer of the Year, Emmanuel Amuneke has warned Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr against building his team around any player at the World.
Amuneke, who won the African Nations Cup with the Eagles in 1994, said doing could backfire.
The former Barcelona star said, “When it comes to the national team, it is highly a team work, from the goalkeeper to the attackers. Ndidi is strong, Kelechi is good, Ighalo is good Mikel is good, intact all the players.These guys will do well in Russia. But without team work, whatever player you build the team around, they are not going to achieve anything.”
Amuneke, who was also part of the Eagles team that got to the second round of the World Cup in 1994, urged the players not to underrate any team as it could come back to haunt them.
He said, “The teams in the group should not be underrated.
“They should take the teams one as they come.
“If you look at our group, it’s a very a good group. It’s 50-50 for each of the teams.
“You don’t underestimate any team because if you look at every team, they all have their rich pedigree in world football.
“Argentina, of course, have one of the best players in the world, Croatia have some of the best quality players though they struggled to qualify.
“When we were going to play against Argentina a couple of weeks ago, it was 6 to 1. But you see the truth is that in Nigeria we always believe and once we believe, we conquer.
“Our players are quite patriotic, they love the green white green and want to make the country proud.
“We have a team for tomorrow. We have a team for the next Nations Cup. A team for the next World Cup. Our team is peopled by youthfulness. They have that energy they want to burn out.”