ALEX IWOBI’s face said it all as he showed fans the hotel room laid on for him by the Nigerian FA.
Fulham star Iwobi joined up with his international team-mates in Morocco after playing in a 2-0 defeat at Everton on Saturday.
Super Eagles stars have set up camp in Rabat ahead of their crucial World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final against Gabon on Thursday.
But Iwobi didn’t seem impressed by the facilities provided.
The former Arsenal and Everton star, 29, posted a comical video to social media after checking into his hotel room.
In it, Iwobi was seen with his eyebrows raised before he spun the camera to show his view out of the window – the back of a rundown apartment block.
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He then turned the camera back towards himself as he pulled a confused expression before giving viewers the side-eye.
Although he didn’t utter a word, Iwobi made his feelings perfectly clear in the nine-second clip.
The midfielder has become accustomed to more luxurious surroundings during the course of a decade-long Premier League career which started with the Gunners.
But he is also a veteran of the Nigerian international set-up, having racked up 10 goals in 89 caps since making his debut in 2015.
Chelsea hero John Obi Mikel is one of only six Nigerian men with more caps than Iwobi.
And he had his own run-ins with international bosses before hanging up his boots in 2021.
He said on his podcast, Taking The Mikel: “When I represented my country at the [2016] Olympics in Brazil, we had to fly there.
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“We waited from morning until night, waiting for a plane to take us to Brazil. There was no plane to take us to Brazil because there was in-fighting behind the scenes about who was going to pick up the tab.
“I had to pay for that flight to take us to Brazil. And these are little things.
“I had to sort out my hotel because the hotel they provided for us was so bad to stay in. I had to move to somewhere more conducive for players to perform.”
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