The 19-year-old has represented England at different age-level competitions, but is eligible to represent Nigeria.
New Eagles boss, Sunday Oliseh, met with Ibe on Monday and it is believed that the discussions went well, although the player will not be ready to switch allegiance until 2016.
“Ibe hasn’t committed to Nigeria yet but discussions with him were positive because of his acceptance to meet with the crew that visited him,” a source told Goal.
“But he won’t be ready to feature for the Eagles against Tanzania this year because of the process that entails his switch but he could be ready next year”.
This week, Oliseh made it clear that he was willing to give players of Nigerian heritage, a chance to play for the national team.
“You can bet your money that I’m looking at players with Nigerian heritage who have been born or brought up in other countries, I have no choice,” he told BBC Sport.
“Most of these players, let’s be honest, very few of them get to play in other nations for a long time, whereas with Nigeria, these players have the chance regularly, if they are good, to play in the World Cup.
“It’s definitely something we are looking at and we’ve started making moves.
“They are welcome with open arms and we’ll do all we can to put them in the best situation if they decide to play for Nigeria because Nigeria needs them and they also need Nigeria to become top, world class players”.
Source:dailypost
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