Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has included two new wingers in the squad that will prosecute the four nation invitational tournament in Turkey, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
The initial was for the tournament to take place in Jordan but it has been moved to Turkey due to the escalating violence in the Middle East in the war between Israel and Iran.
Nigeria who won’t be at the world cup will use the tournament to begin the second phase of the rebuild of the team under Eric Chelle, who led the team to a third place finish at the AFCON in January.
They will open their campaign at the tournament against Iran on the 27th of March, while Jordan take on Costa Rica in the tournament’s other game.
Per the organiser, the final round of games will be played on the 31st of March, with Nigeria up against Jordan while Iran square up with Costa Rica.
Chelle who led the team to a third place finish at the AFCON in January has already submitted the list of players for the tournament to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and sources say he called up two new wingers who are in their mid 20s.
Both wingers are from teams in Europe and have been on the radar of the coach for a while. There is also a first time call up for Rangers of Scotland defender Emmanuel Fernandez like we earlier reported.
Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, who is the fourth new player expected to be in the team is yet to be certain due to doubts on if the English FA will provide the necessary letter of clearance confirming his switch of nationality, after representing them at various youth levels.
