Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will concentrate on 26 players as his core during the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The coach picked 28 players for the tournament which begins on the 21st of December with Nigeria playing their first game on the 23rd of December against Tanzania.
Chelle has placed his faith in 26 players with two players seen as alternate players in the 28 man list made public, by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last week. However they will be in the camp of the team.
CAF allows for 27 players to be registered for the tournament as against the previous 23, but the four additional players will be catered for by the country’s FA in areas of travel, accommodation and competition logistics.
We can exclusively reveal that the duo of Salim Lawal Fago and Usman Mohammed are seen by the coach as 27th and 28th player respectively. Meaning they are not fully in the plan of the coach for the tournament.
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