Newcastle
striker Shola Ameobi leads the list of Super Eagles players spotted in
Nigeria on Monday as the camping resumes in Calabar for the final
qualifying match against Ethiopia on Saturday. The PUNCH checks
at the Metropolitan Transcorp Hotel in Calabar by 9.45pm on Monday
confirmed that none of the foreign-based players had arrived in the city
even though Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi and his assistants had already
moved in days before the arrival date.
Our correspondent learnt that those from
outside the country were cleared to arrive in Calabar by Tuesday as
many of them featured for their clubs in league matches across Europe
over the weekend.
The spokesperson for the Nigeria Football Federation Ademola Olajire, who spoke with The PUNCH, said everything was going as originally planned.
He said, “They (foreign-based players)
are not in Calabar now because they don’t have direct flights from their
bases to Calabar but players are already arriving. I am sure that by
this same time on Tuesday it will be a completely different picture from
what we have. But the camp has opened and those joining from the
professional league here are already in Calabar.”
The first training for the match on Saturday is billed for Tuesday.
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