Head coach of the U20 team of Nigeria Ladan Bosso says in his team he has four players that he believe will not look out of place in the current team of the senior national team of Nigeria.
His U20 team are already in Argentina and will take on Colombia today in a test game ahead of their opening game against Dominican Republic on the 21st of May. They will round up their group games against Italy and Brazil respectively.
Bosso said getting out of the group is the first priority of his team but he isn’t ignoring the fact that age grade teams are judged with the number of players, who make the step up to the main team in the nearest future.
Speaking on that key issue, the coach said he can presently say four players in his present team will hold their own if given a chance in the senior national team of Nigeria. Already his captain Daniel Bameyi has trained with the senior team.
” I know Nigerians want us to go all the way to even lifting the trophy. We have the same dream as well but we have to first get out of the group then take it from there. However the aim of tournaments like this is to produce, discover and nurture players who will be senior national team players in the future. That’s how to judge a youth team”, he told OGN.
” For now I can say four players from my team are good enough for the Super Eagles. I won’t mention their names as not to put them under pressure but mark my words you’ll see at least four of them in the Super Eagles in less than a year, probably more”, he rounded saying.
Mohammed Mowiz