Hot on the heels of the success of Emmanuel Fernandez and three others in Chibuike Nwaiwu, Yira Sor and Philip Otele who made their debut in the recently concluded four team tournament in Turkey, Super Eagles coach Chelle has his sights on five new players.
Chelle has shown over time that he isn’t scared of handing new players a spot in his team capping as many as ten players in competitive or high profile friendly games, since his appointment as coach a little over a year ago.
Ahead of the Unity Cup tournament in England in May, where they will face Zimbabwe, India and Jamaica in a the four team tournament some set of players will also be getting their baptism.
Super Eagles will also take on Poland and Portugal respectively in June, another game where new players will also be assessed by the Malian in his second phase of building the team.
” Chelle is keeping close watch on five players at the moment for the Unity Cup in May and also the friendly games in June. It’s a continuous process and the window is perfect to try new players”, a close source to the coach said.
We gathered that players like Kareem Tunde of Levante, Femi Azeez of Millwall, Marcus Abraham of Estrela , Anthony Dennis of Göztepe and Arthur Okonkwo of Wrexham.
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