Gernot Rohr opens World Cup door to Obafemi Martins

“Yes, the door is open to all our best players, including Martins. He is scoring a lot of goals and we need to get competition for all the positions, especially centre-forward,” Rohr told KweseEspn.

“For now, we have Kelechi [Iheanacho] who is playing not all the time. [But ] we played Kelechi against Argentina and he did well.

“Then Anthony [Nwakaeme] also did well against Algeria and [Odion] Ighalo, who is injured now, did very well against Cameroon. But we have also other players, like the young boy [Victor] Osimhen, and we have to look everywhere.

“We have a lot of opportunities for the strikers, and so Martins, if he is scoring goals, will be welcome.”

The Super Eagles will know their foes at the World Cup on Friday when the draw for Russia 2018 will be made.