The coach of the senior national teams of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has officially released the name of the eight players dropped dropped from his initial squad of 31 players called up for the friendly game against Cameroon next month.
Ahead of the game in Austria, the coach via a press release by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that only 23 players will make the trip to Austria for the two legged friendly game against Cameroon.
Few hours ago he made the list officially and went a step further by including the duo of Frank Onyeka of FC Midtjylland and Valentine Ozornwafor of Galatasary. Both players were not in the initially 31 man provisional list released by the coach.
Dropped Players:
Kevin Akpoguma
Ikechukwu Ezenwa
Samuel Chukwueze
Semi Ajayi
Kenneth Omeruo
Zaidu Sanusi
Joe Aribo
Sadiq Umar
Full List:
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (APOEL Nicosia, Cyprus); John Noble (Enyimba FC); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (FC Boavista, Portugal); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Fulham FC, England); Jamilu Collins (SC Padeborn 07, Germany); Tyronne Ebuehi (FC Twente, The Netherlands); Valentine Ozornwafor (Galatasaray FC, Turkey)
Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo (Galatasaray FC, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Abdullahi Shehu (Omonia Nicosia, Cyprus); Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland, Denmark); Abraham Marcus (CD Feirense, Portugal)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Kano Pillars FC); Alex Iwobi (Everton FC, England); Peter Olayinka (Slavia Praha, Czech Republic); Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC, Italy); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Anayo Iwuala (Enyimba FC); Terem Moffi (FC Lorient, France); Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk, Belgium); Simy Nwankwo (Crotone FC, Italy)