Super Eagles player, Ogenyi Onazi has been denied work permit to play for English Championship side Birmingham City. Birmingham had agreed terms with the 24-year-old to sign him from Turkish club Trabzonspor. However the Football Association turned down a first application for a work permit for Onazi last week. 
An appeal made by the club was rejected on Wednesday despite Onazi being a regular in the Nigeria national team.The player and his representatives are bitterly disappointed that the panel rejected an appeal. Report has it that Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the past two editions of the Nations Cup has affected his chances of securing a work permit to play in the English Championship. 
Despite appearing in over 80% of the national team games, Onazi failed to earn a permit after the FA considered the West African nation’s world ranking in the past two years.
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