The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have asked the head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle to drop six players from his preliminary list of 31 players called up for the world cup qualifiers games in September, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chelle’s original idea was to drop 8 players in order to have a squad of 23 players for the games against Rwanda and South Africa respectively, but the NFF want more players in camp for both games.
A top official of the NFF said the idea of having 25 players is because of the possibility of injuries and suspensions which could result from the first game against Rwanda in Uyo.
He said six players in the list made public by the coach are one yellow card away from suspension, hence the need to have a large pool to pick from in the event that any of them get a booking before the next game.
Per our source, the idea has been passed on to Chelle who is expected to trim the squad after the next round of games in Europe by the weekend.
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