Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle didn’t include any player from the Nigeria domestic league in his squad for the upcoming four team friendly tournament in Turkey, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
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, we can exclusively reveal that no player in the Nigerian League was called up by the coach, according to our sources.
However, the coach is open to the idea of having some of them in his team in June when they will play some other friendly games.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
