Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr will later today release the list of players who will represent Nigeria when they begin the race to be at the 2022 World Cup next month.
Nigeria will take on Liberia on the 3rd of September in Lagos before a trip to play Cape Verde four days later and ahead of the game Rohr has called up 25 players.
OwnGoalNigeria.com exclusively gathered that five midfielders were picked by the German coach with two players in Omonia Nicosia’s Shehu Abdullahi and Marcus Abraham of Portuguese side CD Feirense on standby.
Frank Onyeka of newly promoted English Premier League side Brentford was as expected handed a recall to team after a fine start to his career in England with the Bees.
Oghenekaro Etebo keeps his place in the squad much to his fine performance as well for Watford in the two games so far and he will be hoping to partner Wilfred Ndidi in the middle.
The duo of Alex Iwobi and Joe Aribo of Everton and Rangers respectively completes the list of midfielders called up for the first two games in the qualifiers.
– Onyeka
– Ndidi
– Etebo
– Iwobi
– Aribo
Standby:Shehu and Marcus Abraham
