New FIFA rule might force Nigeria to pay England for Moses, others

Nigeria might be forced to pay England for Victor Moses and other Super Eagles players if amended FIFA law sees the light of the day - The new law offers some sort of compensation to countries who lose players that have represented them at junior levels to other nations - Victor Moses, Ola Aina and Alex Iwobi have represented England at youth competitions Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is currently looking into several options in their bid to effect changes to the rules guiding players’ nationality switch after representing another country at junior level. Head of FIFA stakeholders committee, Victor Montagliani, confirmed they are looking into the rule, which currently forbids players who have played a competitive international for one team from switching to another national side even when they hold dual nationality. New FIFA rule might force Nigeria to pay England for Moses, others Already the Cape Verde football federation has proposed for the rule to be relaxed especially when the player has only featured in few games for his original side, but has no chance of earning a recall. The other option the Montagliani lead committee are looking at is a compensation scheme in cases where a player goes through the training system of one country and represents it at youth level before switching to another. Presently, Nigeria have three players who have represented England at youth level in Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi and Ola Aina representing in the Super Eagles, and if the new rule is approved, England could be entitled to some compensation from Nigeria