Super
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has invited 24 home-based players and 18
foreign-based professionals to camp ahead of next month’s 2014 FIFA
World Cup qualifying game against Malawi in Calabar.
Nigeria, on nine points, need to avoid
defeat against seven-point Malawi at the U. J. Esuene Stadium on
September 7, to reach the 10-team final elimination round of the African
qualifying race for next year’s showpiece in Brazil.
Only five of the 24 home- based players
will eventually join their 18 foreign-based counterparts for the crucial
game, as well as for the international friendly against the Etalons of
Burkina Faso in Kaduna on September 10.
Regulars Chigozie Agbim, Azubuike
Egwuekwe, Solomon Kwambe , Benjamin Francis, Sunday Mba and Muhammad
Gambo lead the domestic league players while defender Godfrey Oboabona
may come in as a foreign-based player if he seals a deal with Turkey’s
Rizespor before the match.
The home-based players are expected at
the Bolton White Apartments, Abuja, on August 24, while the Europe-based
stars will arrive in Calabar on September 2.
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