The newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has listed three things players who want to be a part of his team just possess ahead of his first game in charge of the team.

Peseiro will be on the sidelines in the early hours of tomorrow when Nigeria take on Mexico in an international friendly game in Texas, three days later they will take on Ecuador in another friendly game in Dallas.

Speaking to Oma Akatuga on his YouTube channel Oma Sports TV, the 62 year old Portuguese said he isn’t concerned about where players ply their trade but they most have three key qualities to be a part of his team.

“The doors, the national team is open for everybody. Local players, players who are out (abroad) and the others from the academies. It’s open for everybody but you need to know. First to have quality, second the mind, third passion. If they can meet these three points they can play here (Super Eagles)”, he told Oma Sports TV.

“Of course we have many players not only eleven, twenty, thirty, fourthy. In this moment Nigerians have many players before you choose. You will have problem”, he concluded.

The newly appointed chief coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro had his first training session with the 19 players in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of their upcoming friendly games.

Peseiro will on Sunday for the first time lead players of the Nigeria senior national team out when they take on Mexico in an international friendly. It is the first of two games they will play in the United States of America.

Ahead of the game, the coach who will have his first competitive game on the 9th of June when they take on Sierra Leone in the 2023 AFCON qualifiers has already set a target of not just reaching the tournament but also lifting it.

“It’s a pleasure for me to start work with the team. I mean training because I already started work before. We have started the way to play the Africa Cup of Nations and win the Africa Cup of Nations. This is the first step to start the way. These guys they come tired”, he told the NFF media.

“The trip was long but they show today the enthusiasm, the motivation, they trained with happiness. They know for us to reach that AFCON. We want to win that AFCON. Yes it’s there in 2023 but we must start today by improving our spirit, improve our cohesion. The guys were fantastic in training today”, he concluded.

Meanwhile the main highlight of the training drills by the coach was the emphasis on quick passing and also movement which he demonstrated using several methods. He was also particular about positioning.

A total of 19 players are currently in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of the first of their two friendly games in the United States of America.

Nigeria will take on Mexico in a high profile game at the AT & T stadium in Texas on the 28th of May and it will be the first game for newly appointed coach of the team Jose Peseiro.

Peseiro already has the compliment of around 19 players to work with for the first game with more players expected to be in camp before the second game against Ecuador on the 2nd of June.

Already the Portuguese coach has started making his mark in the team by first of all extending invitation to as many as 12 players out of which four are already in camp and they include Terem Moffi, Innocent Bonke, Francis Uzoho and Chidozie Awaziem. He gave the latter his debut while he was coach at FC Porto.

The players he extended call ups to were not originally in the official list of players called up but Peseiro included them to grow the visa pool in the event of any not getting visa. Something that has happened with certain players. Uzoho as first reported by this portal is already in camp.

Awaziem hasn’t been a part of the squad since after the Africa Cup of Nations where he was a bit part player due to injury and fitness concerns. He has been handed a recall by Peseiro who gave him his first taste of senior football at FC Porto.

Below is the list of the players presently in the camp of the team.

Adeyinka, Olorunleke, Buhari, Madu, Rafiu, Mbaoma, Sanni, Bello, Aina, Ajayi, Ekong, Simon, Iwobi, Bassey, Aribo, Moffi, Bonke, Awaziem, Uzoho.

The newly appointed head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro earlier today had a meeting with his technical crew which consist of three assistants he brought along with him.

Among the assistants is 41 year old Acacio Santos who will work with him as first assistant coach although the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced ex international Finidi George as the first assistant of the Portuguese coach.

Santos however comes highly recommended from Roma Europa Conference League winning coach Jose Mourinho who is one of the referees in the CV of the new coach of Nigeria. He started his coaching in 2010 at Uniao Leira and he last coached União Desportiva de Santarém, a Portuguese football club based in Santarém in central Portugal. They play in the 3rd nacional division.

He holds a UEFA Pro coaching license and just like his principal Peseiro he hasn’t lasted more than one year at every where he has worked the past ten years. Per records available to us this is the first time the duo will be working together.

Peseiro’s son Vitor Hugo will work as the match analyst. The 38 year old worked with his father as first assistant at his last job post which was at Venezuela. A role different from his present designation. It was his first job in senior management but in the Super Eagles set up he will work with Eboboritse Uwejamomere, who was appointed as match analyst by the Nigeria Football Federation.

34 year old Maykel Moreira will act as the fitness coach and he has a UEFA A license according to his LinkedIn profile. He has worked at Gil Vicente, Leixoes, CD Cova Piedade and Al Hazm in Saudi Arabia happens to be the last place he worked.

The trio will work with the Nigerian assistants appointed by the NFF in Finidi George, Salisu Yusuf, Usman Abdallah and Ike Shorunmu who will be the goalkepper’s coach.

The newly appointed head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro earlier today had a meeting with his technical crew which consist of three assistants he brought along with him.

Among the assistants is 41 year old Acacio Santos who will work with him as first assistant coach although the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced ex international Finidi George as the first assistant of the Portuguese coach.

Santos however comes highly recommended from Roma Europa Conference League winning coach Jose Mourinho who is one of the referees in the CV of the new coach of Nigeria. He started his coaching in 2010 at Uniao Leira and he last coached União Desportiva de Santarém, a Portuguese football club based in Santarém in central Portugal. They play in the 3rd nacional division.

He holds a UEFA Pro coaching license and just like his principal Peseiro he hasn’t lasted more than one year at every where he has worked the past ten years. Per records available to us this is the first time the duo will be working together.

Per reports gathered by OwnGoalNigeria.com editorial team Francis Uzoho is prime to join the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria in the United States of America, where they are are currently camped for two high profile friendly games.

Uzoho wasn’t originally in the list of players invited with the trio of Maduka Okoye, Adewale Adeyinka and Olorunleke Ojo picked as the three goalkeppers for the games against Mexico and Ecuador respectively.

Okoye later pulled out of the squad citing a shoulder injury and Israel based goalkepper Adebayo Adeleye was handed a call up as his replacement but he is currently battling to secure a visa to the United States of America.

It has opened the door for Uzoho, who we exclusively gathered wanted a break from the team after his howler gifted Ghana the goal that helped them deny Nigeria a chance at the World Cup in Qatar.

He appears to have had a change of mind and he is expected to team up with the team in the United States of America by tomorrow sources told this portal.

The camp of the senior national team of Nigeria officially opened today ahead of their upcoming friendly games against Mexico and Ecuador respectively in the United States of America.

Newly appointed chief coach of the team Jose Peseiro arrived the camp of the team yesterday alongside his two assistants and he was later joined by the delegation from Nigeria which had eight players and some of his assistants.

As reported yesterday, the eight players who flew from Nigeria picked from teams in the Nigeria Professional Football League are goalkeppers Adewale Adeyinka and Olorunleke Ojo. Forward Victor Mbaoma and Ishaq Rafiu.

Others are Buhari Ibrahim, Bello Babatunde, Chiamaka Madu and Faisal Sani. They were joined by eight foreign based players upon arrival in their camp in the United States of America per an announcement on the social media platforms of the team.

Moses Simon, Ola Aina, William Troost Ekong, Alex Iwobi and Semi Ajayi are the first set of foreign based players to arrive the camp of the team and they will be a part of first training session under Peseiro later today.

England international defender Fikayo Tomori says his decision to shun an international career with Nigeria in favour of England still remains the toughest of his career.

Three years ago, Tomori turned down the chance to represent Nigeria at senior level in favour of England. He hasn’t quite hit the expected height with the Three Lions but he is back in the squad after helping AC Milan to the Serie A title.

Speaking on his return, Tomori who was eligible for Nigeria, Canada and England before settling for the latter said Nigeria made the most push to have him commit his future to them.

” I was at a stage where I played for Canada at youth level then later England. At senior level Nigeria had this thing with me due to my parents. I follow the senior national team of Nigeria a lot as a kid and as expected my parents saw it as a dream if I play for Nigeria”, he said via quotes sourced from Milan based podcast Forza Milan.

” If I say it is one of the difficult decision of my career, then it’s not a lie. It still remains one of the hardest decision of my career”, he concluded.