BEVERLY HILLS, July 23, (THEWILL) – Former Super Eagles assistant coach, Daniel Amokachi, says Sunday Mba’s career was affected because of the midfielder’s indiscipline and a failed move to French Ligue 1 club, Girondis Bordeaux.
THEWILL reports that Mba was a star player at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, where he scored two goals, including the match-winning goal against Burkina Faso, which gave the Super Eagles the trophy.
Mba has however been without a club after he was released by Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor.
“I spoke with Mba three weeks ago when Ahmed Musa was in Nigeria. Musa called me and said other guys like Sunday Mba and Emmanuel Emenike were with him and they were reminiscing about their time in the (national team) camp and we all laughed about it,” Amokachi told Brila FM.
“Mba has been going back and forth. He played in the second division in Turkey, he was playing, I think his lifestyle didn’t help him a bit and the contract he had in France after the AFCON destabilised him a bit.
“Up till today, we don’t know what really happened, with the Bordeaux deal, only Mba and those involved can really tell us what happened and why the deal didn’t work out and things just broke away from him.
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“But I think he is a quality player and probably age is not on his side but I think he can give the world a few years of quality football if he really wants to do that.”
THEWILL reports that Mba played for Nigeria Professional Football League clubs Rangers and Warri Wolves before joining French side Bastia in 2014.
