Taribo believes Chukwueze will breakthrough in Milan if he is patience
Taribo believes Chukwueze will breakthrough in Milan if he is patience
Former AC Milan defender Taribo West believes Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze who currently plays for the Italian club will eventually break through despite the present struggle.
“Oh, Chukwueze has everything and I believe he is in the best club in the world but all he needs is patience and wait for his time, he will break through.
Taribo who once played just four matches in a season in Milan said it is not difficult to succeed in Milan, he blamed his spell on the bench on two teammates,
“No, it is not. In my time I had a certain issue with (Paulo) Maldini and Costacurta. I was out of the league because I came for the Afcon. From the preparation time till the Afcon was over, I spent almost 80 percent of the season with the national team. So, when I went back (to Milan) there were five games left and out of the five, I played four games. I played in Maldini’s position and I took the position from him. Then I went to meet the President of Inter Milan and see if I could return to the club he asked me why I left in the first place for Milan and I told him I wanted some experience with another team and see how it is. Then he said, ‘Why did you play in Maldini’s position?’ So, I said anywhere the coach told me to play I would play. He said, ’ In Italy, you don’t do that, that’s our national team captain, you are looking for trouble.’ That's what the Inter Milan president told me, I can say it anywhere. So, they had to look for a way to scheme me out of the team and that was why I left Milan because the following season I was going to be a regular or captain of the team because I had taken the position of Maldini. Maldini himself knew because he was asking me, ‘Do you play left-full back?’
“ But Chukwueze, I think he is the best in his position in the world right now. If the football association knows what to do, there are certain things they can employ to make our players the best in the world. Still, we have people in the administrative position and I mean people who have not even tasted football or know anything about the administrative part of football. Still, they are just rotating the position among themselves. It is not just to criticise the players because other players they are competing with have representatives to support them and we are just here in Nigeria to criticise them. “Chukwueze needs help and he is now in Italy, which is not the same as Spain. He doesn’t know the culture yet and that is why somebody needs to be there to help him through. There are a lot of things I see that hurt me and that is why during my time as a player I criticised so many things and I became a rebel in the Eagles. That is why they sacked me from the team.
