Tammy Abraham has now committed his international future to the Three Lions of England. Photo Credit: express.co.uk

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have missed out on the services of Tammy Abraham after the young forward was on Thursday named in the England squad for their friendly games in November.

England moved to end the speculation over Abraham’s international future, giving him a call-up for the games against Germany and Brazil, with concerns that he could switch allegiances to his father’s country.

Last month, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) announced that plans were in place to get Abraham to play for Nigeria, but the Swansea striker who is on loan from Chelsea swiftly released a statement committing his future to England.

With Nigeria securing 2018 World Cup qualification, seeing former Youth England player Alex Iwobi scoring the winning goal, and Ola Aina making his debut for the Super Eagles, it looked as if that would have swayed Abraham to make a U-turn.

However Gareth Southgate has now named Abraham in his team that was released today, and it seems now that the door has finally been shut on the 20-year ever representing Nigeria.

Abraham is in great form at the moment having scored four goals out of the entire seven goals scored by Swansea this season.

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Athletics coverage was a discovery, having to move away from regularly writing about Football. Although it was initially daunting, but now being an authority in it makes the past effort worthwhile. From travelling on the same international flight with Nigerian athletes, to knowing you could easily interview: World Record holder Tobi Amusan, then Ese Brume, I have cut my teeth in this beat earning the trust of Athletics sources. Formerly the Content Manager-Sports at Ringier media Nigeria, Chris is a Senior Sports writer, Photographer & Community manager at Making of Champions.

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