Coach is the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr will in seven days time release the list of players who will represent Nigeria against Benin Republic and Lesotho respectively in AFCON 2022 qualifiers.
Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal that two players namely Taiwo Awoniyi and Terem Moffi have been handed their maiden call up to the senior national team of Nigeria.
Awoniyi will for the first time team up with the Super Eagles largely due to his exploits for his German side Union Berlin. Moffi is coming in on the strength of his showing for Lorient in Ligue 1.
The duo will battle for a starting spot alongside first choice forward Victor Osimhen and Paul Onuachu who hasn’t impressed with the Super Eagles but can’t be ignored base on his form for Genk in Belgium.
We also gathered that Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho is in the list but made the cut as a midfielder with doubts surrounding the availability of Oghenekaro Etebo who is struggling with form and fitness for Galatasary , where he is on loan from Stoke City.
