Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle will not include two players who were a part of his team at the AFCON in January in his squad for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers in November, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Chelle’s team will be back in action in the AFCON qualifiers seeking to return to winning ways after losing 0-3 away to Guinea-Bissau in the final game of the last round of qualifiers.
They will be up against Tanzania in back to back games, where there target will be picking up the maximum points but two players are not expected to be a part of the team.
A source close to the coach revealed that despite the fine form of Ebenezer Akinsamiro at Serie A side Monza and Ryan Alebiosu with Blackburn Rovers, Chelle won’t include them in his team.
The source said the coach felt unhappy and disappointed in then duo for snubbing the Unity Cup tournament, where Alhassan Yusuf fought his way back into the team hence taking the spot of Akinsamiro.
In subsequent games against Poland and Portugal respectively, Abdullahi Bewene also emerged as a back up at right back. A position Alebiosu owned at the AFCON where he played in the final group game against Uganda.
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