Like we exclusively reported last week Alverca of Portugal left back Isaac James has been handed his maiden invitation to the senior national team of Nigeria.
22 year old James has been on the radar of the coach of the Super Eagles Eric Chelle, since last season where he had his breakthrough at the Portuguese side following his arrival for free from French side Lorient.
This season Chelle has posted his scouts to watch the young left back on three separate occasions, and was heavily impressed with the reports he received.
With the injury to Zaidu which will keep him out for two months, the coach decided to ook his way although he faces tough competition from the duo of Ola Aina and Bright Osayi-Samuel, who have also been deployed in that role aside their primary role as right back.
However he was contacted by Chelle and told about his inclusion in the provisional list of pla,yers called up for the AFCON qualifiers games against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau respectivy.
Bruno Onyemaechi will however retain his position as the first choice going into the games.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
