Co ach Stephen Keshi has sent 19 home-based players packing from the Super Eagles camp in Abuja while he has decided to retain only eight fr...
Coach Stephen Keshi has sent 19 home-based players packing from the Super Eagles camp in Abuja while he has decided to retain only eight from the original 27-man list to fight for shirts in the June 13 Africa Cup of Nations match against Chad
The Big Boss assured the dropped players that their exclusion this term is not the end of the world even as he urged the players who failed to make the cut not to be discouraged but to work harder to keep themselves among the pool of players that could be called up for future national team assignments.
Keshi who definitely will be gunning for a winning start in his new reign as national team coach has kept faith in this eight players as well as the 15 overseas based pros to deliver three points in a fortnight in Kaduna
Home-based
Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa
Defenders: Azubuike Egwuekwe, Solomon Kwambe and Chima Akas.
Midfielder: Bright Onyedikachi,
Strikers: Gbolahan Salami and Ikechukwu Gabriel.
Foreign Based
Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama (Lille OSC, France)
Defenders: Godfrey Oboabona (Rizespor FC, Turkey); Kenneth Omeruo (Middlesbrough FC, England); Leon Balogun (Darmstadt 98, Germany); William Troost-Ekong (FC Dordrecht, The Netherlands); Kingsley Madu (AS Trencin, Slovakia)
Midfielders: Ogenyi Onazi (SS Lazio, Italy); John Ogu (Hapoel Beâer Sheva); Babatunde Michael (Volyn Lutsk, Ukraine); Rabiu Ibrahim (AS Trencin, Slovakia); Anderson Esiti (Estoril FC, Portugal); Steven Ukoh (Biel-Bienne FC, Switzerland)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Aaron Samuel (Guangzhou R & F, China); Odion Ighalo (Watford FC, England)
