The newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Finidi George has made late adjustments to the list of players who will represent Nigeria in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers game against South Africa and Benin Republic respectively, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Finidi will lead the Super Eagles for the first time in a competitive game in June following his permanent appointment as the coach of the team on a one year deal with the option of a further year, if he gets to the semi final of the next Africa Cup of Nations.
Ahead of the game, the coach sent provisional invitation to 35 players with a final 25 man list set to be picked from it by the weekend. However there is a late change to the final list per what we exclusively gathered.
” A few changes will be made to the squad for the game. The changes are due to injuries and availability of some players and plans for the games. After this weekend round of games, the list will be made public”, a source close to the coach revealed.
Meanwhile as we exclusively reported, the list will see a return to the team for team’s talisman Victor Boniface as well as Taiwo Awoniyi. Two players who missed out on a chance of playing at the AFCON due to injury.
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