The list of players who will prosecute the senior national team of Nigeria next international game against Guinea Bissau in March will be made public in two weeks time, OGN can exclusively reveal.
Nigeria will take on Guinea Bissau in back to back qualifiers games seeking to keep their hundred percent record intact after picking up consecutive wins against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe respectively.
Keen on maintaining the record, the head coach of the Nigerian team Jose Peseiro has identified players he wants to be a part of the team for the first time and it includes former Arsenal prospect Chuba Akpom.
Akpom has been unstoppable for promotion chasing Middlesbrough in the English Championship and last weekend he scored his 14th goal in 22 games this season as they eased to a 2-0 win over Watford.
We spoke to a member of the backroom staff of the team and his reply was it’s a no brainer for the 27 year old to be a part of the team especially as he is thriving in a two man attack for Boro, a style which is the same as that of Peseiro in recent games.
Already he has gotten to all clear from FIFA to play for Nigeria after representing England at various youth levels. If he gets called up, it will be his first official invitation although he trained with the team in 2018 when they had a training camp in England.
