"There are 120 million people in Nigeria. They eat, they drink, they make love, they make children, they play football and they don't die more than in some other countries" - FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen on the worries of Premiership clubs about their young players at this month's World Under-20 Championships.
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