Head coach of the Nigeria U20 team Ladan Bosso has picked the 23 players who will represent Nigeria at the U20 World Cup in Argentina when it begins in two weeks time, OGN can exclusively reveal.
Bosso has been in camp with the team for three weeks largely with players from the local scene before the foreign based players arrived last week to join the preparation for the tournament. Nigeria is in the same group with Italy, Dominican Republic and Brazil.
OGN exclusively gathered that Bosso refused the decision of Inter Milan to allow Ebenezer Akinsanmiro join the team a week to the tournament by omitting him from the squad for the tournament.
There was also no spot in the team for Arsenal teen star Joel Ideho who missed out once again due to administrative issues. We gathered Arsenal didn’t reply to any of the three mails sent to them on his availability for the tournament.
He came to the camp after the club said a mutual agreement has been reached with his family. Their agreement came late as the preliminary list has already been submitted without his name and per FIFA rules, unless in the case of injury, no player outside the preliminary list should be included in the final list.
Yesterday as well, the camp was left in state of shock when the coach announced the decision to drop the duo of Aminu Mohammed and Onuche Ogbelu. They were ever present for the team at the U20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Sources however said the decision was taken in good faith as they found two players in Tochukwu Nnadi and John Joshua who are in their eyes better options than the aforementioned duo.
The list will be made public on the 10th of May.
Mohammed Mowiz
