NIGERIAN footballer Peter Rufai prefers football to the prospect of becoming king of a million people in succession to his late father. Spanish press reports said on Tuesday that the 35-year-old reserve goalie for Spanish first division side Deportivo de la Coruna is being urged to return home to become king of the Idimu in western Nigeria. When the footballer returned for the funeral of his father, who died aged 83 last month, Rufai said he would “die” if separated from football.