Victor Moses Quits Super Eagles, Retires From International Football

Super Eagles player, Victor Moses has announced his retirement from the Super Eagles team and International football.

Moses, 27, highlighted that the reason for his decision is to focus on his club career and family after 12 goals and 37 matches for the three-time African champions.

The Chelsea star played in every of the Super Eagles’ matches at the 2018 Fifa World Cup and even scored a goal – a penalty in their 2-1 defeat to Argentina.

He wrote; “I would like to announce that after much thought I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.

“I have experienced some of the best moments of my life wearing the Super Eagles shirt and have memories with me that will last a lifetime. Nothing will ever compete to what it felt like to represent Nigeria on behalf of our country.

“However I feel that now is the right time to step away in order to be able to focus fully on club career and my young family as well as to allow the next generation of Super Eagles stars the opportunity to step up and to flourish. We are blessed as a nation to have so many exciting young players coming through and now is their time.

“There are so many highlights that stand out for me over the years; from making my debut, to playing in two World Cups and being a part of the team to win the African Nations Cup for first time for our nation since 1994 being just a few of them.

“I have already spoken to the manager by telephone and would like to say thank you to him and his staff, the NFF and all of my teammates for all of their support over the years. Most importantly I would like to say thank you to the Nigerian people for believing in me and supporting me over the years. It’s meant the world to me and my family and I will always be a proud Nigerian supporting the team.

“Thank you for the memories and good luck to the team for the future”

Despite the shock, fans appreciated the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner for his service to the country.

Maybe Victor Moses will pull a Messi and come out of retirement for the 2022 World Cup, and then not be like Messi and win the damn thing.