As first reported by Owngoalnigeria.com, coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has confirmed the inclusion of Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa in the squad for the AFCON 2022 qualifiers.
Musa last taste of competitive football was in November 2020 when Nigeria drew 0-0 away to Sierra Leone. His clubless status since leaving Saudi Arabia outfit Al Nassr meant he hasn’t tasted club football since the 10th of October 2020.
A failed move to English Premier League side West Brom in January denied him the chance to get his club career back on track but Rohr has shown his faith in his leadership quality by including him in the squad.
Nigeria will take on Benin Republic in Porto Novo before taking on Lesotho in Lagos searching for one point out of six to be at next year AFCON. Musa will lead the team as confirmed by Rohr.
The coach also confirmed that six players will be on standby outside the 23 players in the list who will prosecute the games at the end of this month.
“All is going well,” the former Bordeaux coach told NationSport. “The list is done; NFF will release the list soon. We have a list of 23 plus captain Musa; six players on standby,”
