Super Seven Football Club will not represent Nigeria at the Road To Anfield Five Aside Championship scheduled for 7 May in Liverpool, England following the refusal of British High Commission in Nigeria to grant the team visas to attend in the competition sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank.
The ‘Standard Chartered Trophy’ is an international five-a-side football tournament organized by the bank in partnership with Liverpool FC that offers football fans a once in a life time ‘Money Can’t Buy’ opportunity of playing at an English Premier League football pitch.
Super Seven emerged the overall winners in Nigeria recently and represented the country at the regional circuit in Accra, Ghana where they emerged the regional winners which guaranteed them a ticket to play at the England.
Our sources gathered that the team submitted their necessary documents on 27 March to the British High Commission to facilitate their trip to Liverpool, but were refused visas on 14 April by the officials who alleged that the players may not return to the country.
Sponsor of the team, Tayo Ogundele stated that he was shocked that while British High Commissions of other countries where winners emerged for the tourney were given visas long before now Nigerian was denied. “It is rather unfortunate that British High Commission in Nigeria does not have respect for Nigerian citizens at all.