Head coach of the Nigeria U20 football team Ladan Bosso has defended his decision to leave out three youngsters from English teams from his final list of players for the U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Bosso confirmed that he has already submitted a 30 man list out of which he will pick his final 21 man list for the tournament which starts on the 19th of Februaryand will run till the 11th of March. It will serve as the qualifiers for the U17 World Cup.

The major talking points was the omission of Crystal Palace forward Ademola Ola-Adebomi and Arsenal winger Joel Ideho. The duo came highly recommended but after spending three days in camp, they were left out of the 30 man list.

“Some of these foreign based players that came, of course non of them is bad, all of them are good players but for the lack of African mentality and that’s why my former boys have an edge over them in terms of doggedness and African mentality”, he said after today’s test game against Deluxe Football Club which ended 6-0 in favor of his team.

“And most of the foreign based players that came still have that foreign mentality and we’re preparing for an African tournament. So for now we have to stick with majority of of the home based players with an African mentality that can give us what we’re looking for”, he rounded up saying.

Table topping Arsenal have been the talk of the English Premier League particularly after their recent wins over fellow top sides in Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United respectively.

The 3-2 late win over Man Utd in particular was seen as a huge statement of intent by the Gunners to lift the English Premier League title at the end of this season. One player has been in the front of their drive to end their title hoodoo.

His name is Bukayo Saka, his goals and assists has been marked by many as part of the defining moments for Arsenal this season. The English international is of Nigerian descent and he hasn’t for once forgotten where his parents came from.

Speaking on his name, which is a popular name in Yoruba, a popular language in Nigeria, Saka explained that he was given the name by his grand mother, who saw his birth as a blessing to his family.

“My grandma gave (the name Bukayo) to me because of its meaning,’ he told GQ. ‘It means, “God has added joy to my life”. She wanted me to add joy to the family.’

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The Nigeria U20 team continued their build up to the Africa U20 Cup of Nations with another big win in a test game to keep their 100 percent record intact ahead of the tournament next month.

Up against Deluxe Football Club, the Ladan Bosso tutored lad struggled to break down their opponent in the first half but blew them away in a blistering second half performance. They put six goals pass the hapless Deluxe Football Club to win the game 6-0.

Ibrahim Yahaya drew the first blood in the 47th minute. Three minutes later, forward Haliru Seriki was classy in doubling the lead.

Remo Stars young attacker Adams Olamilekan registered his own share of the goals three minutes for the hour mark.

Seriki added the fourth and Emmanuel Ochegbu contributed a brace to round up the game.

Shortly after the game Bosso confirmed that Yahaya will wear the captain armband at the tournament in Egypt with substantial captain Razak Adegbite missing through injury.

” Yahaya is the new captain of the team. He has shown enough leadership qualities and it was a unanimous decision to hand him the arm band”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.

The TotalEnergies U20 Africa Cup of Nations will take place from 19 February to 11 March 2023. The host cities are Cairo (Group A), Ismailia (Group B) and Alexandria (Group C).

The 12-nation tournament will begin with a mouth-watering opening game between hosts Egypt and Mozambique on Sunday 19 February 2023 at 16h00 local time.

The recently opened camp of the Nigeria U17 team has been taken over by uninvited players, who are pushing to be considered for a spot outside the invited number.

49 players were called up to the camp but since the start of training, the coaches have been forced to rejig their plans in order to accommodate the huge number of players who turned up uninvited.

So far almost 300 players turn up on a daily to the FIFA Goal Project Package B training pitch, where coach Nduka Ugabde runs the rule on them for almost an hour. However it’s mostly after the training of the invited players.

The invitees are most of the bunch that won the WAFU B U17 Championship in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast last summer defeating Burkina Faso in the final.

The Africa U17 Cup of Nations has been scheduled for Algeria 8th – 30th April, from which the four top-placed teams will qualify to fly Africa’s flag at the FIFA U17 World Cup finals that will be staged in Peru 10th November – 2nd December.

Nigeria are five-time champions of the FIFA U17 World Cup after triumphs in China in 1985, Japan in 1993, Korea Republic in 2007, United Arab Emirates in 2013 and Chile in 2015.