Nigeria, July 11 -- Rangers International FC have strongly rejected allegations of ethnic discrimination following recent comments by Super Eagles winger Moses Simon about his experience during a trial with the club many years ago.

Moses Simon had earlier claimed in a viral interview with UrbanDwellSport, in a flashback that he spent three months training with the current NPFL Champions and believed he had shown enough to earn a deal, only to be overlooked in favour of another player.

"I went to Rangers and trained with them for three months. I was dropped because I was not Igbo, not because of my performance," Simon said.

"I spent three months with the team, while another player trained just once and got a professional contract becaus...