Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has arrived Belgium as part of his trips to countries where players eligible for the senior national team of Nigeria are doing well, OGN can exclusively reveal.
Peseiro has visited, Italy, England and Germany and has a visit to France on his travelling list as well with the final round of games for the Africa Cup of Nations around the corner. Nigeria will take on Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe respectively in their final two games of the qualifiers.
Ahead of the game, the coach has taken the first step towards growing his options with his trip to Belgium, where he will run the rule on the duo of Victor Boniface and Gift Orban. They have accounted for a combined goal of 27.
Orban has hit 14 goals in 13 games for Gent while Boniface who is the joint highest goal scorer in the Europa League with six goals in nine games. He also has seven goals and six assists in the Belgium League.
The coach will watch and access the duo at close quarters in view of handing them a call up. He will also take out time to see two midfielders in Alhassan Yusuf of Antwerp and Raphael Onyedika of Club Brugge. The duo have earned rave reviews by followers of the league in Belgium.
Damian Waziri