Nigerians are passionate about football. But who isn’t?

However, the love for the game is more telling now that the national teams are bringing heartaches.

So, propelled by nostalgia, we wanted to know the Super Eagles players of yore who brought us joy.

But we don’t want to be accused of bias, so we asked ChatGTP “Who are the top 10 Nigerian footballers of all time?”

Below is the selection as listed by the AI. Hold on. ChatGTP explained its choices:

“As an AI language model, I don’t have personal opinions or biases, but I can give you a list of 10 Nigerian footballers who are widely considered to be the greatest of all time:

Nwankwo Kanu

Jay-Jay Okocha

Rashidi Yekini

Finidi George

Segun Odegbami

Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha

Vincent Enyeama

Muda Lawal

Celestine Babayaro

Daniel Amokachi

It also gives room for other choices and names to be considered Nigeria’s G.O.A.T:

“These players,” ChatGTP explains, “have made significant contributions to Nigerian football, both on the domestic and international fronts, and have earned accolades and recognition for their achievements.

“However, this list is not exhaustive and there may be other Nigerian footballers who could also be considered among the greatest of all time.”

ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence, AI, chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 30, 2022.

OpenAI was founded by Elon Musk and Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman in 2015.

On how it answers queries, ChatGTP said: “When a user asks a question, I analyze the question, identify the key concepts and entities, and search my database to retrieve the most relevant information that can answer the question.

“I then generate a response using natural language generation techniques that best addresses the user’s query.”(Vanguard)