SuperSport United defender Ime Okon admits that his dream is to play for Bafana Bafana as the South African-Nigeria debate continues due to his dual nationality.
Okon was promoted from SuperSport’s development ranks last season and hit the ground running playing in the league where he helped the side finish in the top eight while also playing a part in their unsuccessful CAF Confed Cup campaign.
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The 20-year-old is uncapped and has been on the fringes of the Bafana Bafana squad appearing in preliminary squads though he hasn’t cracked the final team yet.
Okon, who was recruited from Randburg FC by Matsatsantsa, has already been touted as the next best thing for Hugo Broos’s side by his club coaches.
He spoke to iDiski Times senior journalist Lorenz Köhler in edition 180 of the newspaper where he said for him it’s not rocket science that he wants to wear the green and yellow as the Super Falcons already have plenty of talent and that it’s also his family’s dream to see him play for Bafana.
“The whole Nigerian thing, I have Nigerian family, I speak to those from Nigeria, and they also say even if people pressurise me, I must make a choice that I must be happy with” Okon told iDiski Times.
“I grew up here, everything I know is South African you know. For them, they wouldn’t be touched if I played for Bafana. South Africa is all I know. I can barely speak the native Nigerian language, but I know my roots.
“I’m pretty much South African, but I am also proudly Nigerian as much as I am proudly South African.
“But playing for Bafana, it’s been a dream, it’s a big thing, my mom always said, ‘one day Bafana Bafana!’
“You know? So, it’s been a big thing for my family, growing up to be in a Bafana jersey would be great.”
