Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has submitted the list of players that will represent Nigeria at the upcoming Unity Cup friendly tournament in London, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Nigeria will be defending the tournament they won last year with their semi final clash against Zimbabwe, where the winner will face either India or Jamaica who will lock horns in the tournament’s other game.
Chelle already said he will use the tournament to blood in new players from lowly rated but competitive league in Europe, the Nigeria Premier Football League and also give game time to fringe players.
We can exclusively reveal that Millwall winger Femi Azeez who was voted in the Championship team of the season is among the new players, and contrary to claims made by Zadok Yohanna of Swedish side AIK he is in the team for the tournament.
There is also a first time invitation for Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni. A shock inclusion which sources close to the coach initially denied but later made a u-turn on his inclusion.
The 22 year old ended the season with ten goals in 33 games in all competitions, but per what we gathered he was included in the team due to his physical attributes, which also includes his ability to use his pace and also press high up the pitch.
” He (Owner) fits the profile of how Chelle want his attackers to be. However I understand that a player from the third division is a no no for any senior national team, but Chelle has seen enough to make the call. Now it’s up to the player to make it count”, a source close to the coach revealed.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
