PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian defender Brian Idowu believed that playing for his club in Russia would see him passed over for a place in the national team for this year's World Cup, he told Reuters, after having made the provisional squad.
"I was only focusing on my career and never believed my country will notice me, because I was playing in Russia and ensuring my club win games," Idowu, who is Russian-Nigerian and plays for FC Amkar Perm, said late on Sunday.
