The Super Eagles list of the players picked by Eric Chelle for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco was reduced to 54 after one player asked to be left out, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Yesterday the NFF made public the list of players which is expected to be trimmed to 28 by Monday before the start of camping in Egypt on the 8th of December.
Chelle originally picked 55 players, but later had to settle for 54 after one player in Jordan Torunarigha asked to be left out of the squad for the tournament, except he is assured of making the final squad and a run in the team at the tournament proper.
Signed by Hamburg in the summer, Torunarigha who has been an unused substitute in two games under Chelle and want to be assured of his spot in the team, in order not to jeopardise his starting spot with the Bundesliga side.
Capped once by Nigeria, the 28 year old has played in five games this season and switched to Nigeria after representing Germany at several youth levels, before switching to Nigeria three years ago.
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