The delay in the arrival of Kelechi Iheanacho to the camp of the Super Eagles for the AFCON 2025 qualifiers games against Benin Republic and Rwanda on the 7th and 10th respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Iheanacho missed the team’s first full training session under interim coach Austine Eguavoen this evening, which had as many as 20 players attendance perfecting strategies for the first game over the weekend.
Aside Iheanacho, two others in Victor Osimhen and goalkeeper Maduka Okoye are yet to arrive in the camp of the team, and we gathered exclusively the reason behind the absence of the forward who recently joined LaLiga side Sevilla.
His first flight will be from Sevilla to Barcelona before connecting to Turkey because there is no direct flight from Seville to Istanbul from where he is expected to fly to Nigeria for the game.
Sources say there is every likelihood that he will arrive alongside Victor Osimhen, who recently joined Turkish league giants Galatasaray on a one year loan deal from Napoli yesterday.
The pair are expected to be on the same flight from Istanbul to Nigeria for the game. They are expected to arrive in Lagos in the early hours of tomorrow before connecting a flight to Uyo, the venue of the game.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
