Former Super Eagles captain, Segun Odegbami, has revealed how Manchester United refused to play a friendly match at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria.
Odegbami revealed this in an interview on Arise TV and calling on the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL to fix up and advance to the next level.
According to the ex-international, the Red Devils turned down the proposal to face an unnamed team at the Stadium.
He said the playing surfaces of pitches should be upgraded to natural grass according to best practises found in European football stadiums.
Odegbami said it was this reason Manchester United rejected playing at the stadium.
“I went to negotiate with Manchester United to come and play here when I was working with Globacom,” he said on Arise TV.
“Discussed everything, when they now asked where the game was going to be played, at Teslim Balogun Stadium, artificial turf, they would not come.
“We played against so many foreign teams in those days because it was grass. You need grass turfs and that’s partly why I went to AFCON.”
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