Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has handed a first time invitation to a relatively unknown winger playing in the German Bundesliga ahead of their upcoming friendly games.
Nigeria will take part in a four team tournament in Turkey, Involving Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally billed to take place in Jordan but was moved due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East.
Super Eagles won’t be at the world cup, but will use the tournament to begin the second phase of the rebuild of the team under Chelle, who led the team to a third place finish at the AFCON in January.
They will open their campaign at the tournament against Iran on the 27th of March, while Jordan take on Costa Rica in the tournament’s other game.
Per the organiser, the final round of games will be played on the 31st of March, with Nigeria up against Jordan while Iran square up with Costa Rica.
Ahead of the tournament, the coach has already submitted the list of players for the tournament and like we exclusively reported he included four new players in the team.
Among them is a winger in the German Bundesliga, who our source say has been on the radar of the coach for a while, but he refused to reveal the identity of the player.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
