Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will make public his list of invited players for the world cup qualifiers playoff next month, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
However the coach has an idea of the players who will be part of his team for the mini tournament, which will take place in Morocco, where the winner gets a ticket to represent Africa at the Intercontinental playoff in Mexico next year.
Nigeria will begin their campaign with a game against Gabon, and if they go through they will face the winner between Congo Dr and Cameroon who will play in the other semi final of the tournament.
We can exclusively reveal that Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is back in contention to make the list following his return from a betting related ban over the weekend. He could replace Adebayo Adeleye in the squad.
Birmingham City defender Bright Osayi-Samuel is also back in the picture after recovering from the injury that kept him out of the squad for the last round of games. It’s the same for Club Brugge midfielder Raphael Onyedika who is also back in action.
Lanky forward Paul Onuachu is expected to be handed another chance in the team with Terem Moffi out injured for the tournament. He has so far scored 7 goals in nine games for Turkish side Trabzonspor.
Bayer Leverkusen winger Nathan Tella is also back in the team with Chelle a huge fan of his regular run of games with the German side. He is expected to make the list after missing out due to injury last time out.
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