United Arab Emirates side Al Ain have included three Nigerians in their squad for the club world cup which begins in four days time, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Picked as one of the representative of Asia in the newly introduced tournament by world football governing body, the Abu Dhabi based side have made their official list for the tournament public ahead of their first game on the 19th against Juventus.
In the same group as Manchester City and one of Africa’s representative Wydad AC. The Nigerian trio of Halilu Sarki a member of the U20 team of Nigeria to the last world cup, a midfielder Joshua Udoh and goalkeeper Hassan Sani.
Among the trio only Sarki has featured for the first team of the UAE side but Sani is said to be close to the first team after making the bench in their games in the league as backup goalkeeper.
Their inclusion swelled the number of Nigerian players who have been confirmed to be at the tournament to five with the duo of Onuche Ogbelu of Esperance and Zaidu Sanusi of FC Porto also included by their respective teams.
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