The inclusion of Slavia Prague of Czech Republic winger Mubarak Suleiman in the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers games against Tanzania came as a shock, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
We can exclusively reveal that the 19 year old was initially summoned to be a part of the U23 team for the upcoming U23 AFCON qualifiers games against Dr Congo. It was his teammate David Moses who was provisionally invited to the Super Eagles.
However Chelle left out Moses and rather moved Mubarak from the U23 team to the main team, after receiving good reports from his scouts after Mubarak’s performances in the UEFA Champions League.
” It was Philip Otele of FC Basle that was the favourite to replace Samuel Chukwueze when it appeared that he won’t make it for the game. However it all changed in a week after Mubarak’s performances in the UEFA Champions League”, a source exclusively revealed.
” Mubarak can play on the either side of the flank an in the midfield. That was an edge plus his run in front of goal. He had five goal contributions in his last three games and that was enough to elevate him from the U23 team to the Super Eagles”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
