Head coach of Bayern Munich world squad Roy Makaay has picked three Nigerians in his team for a training camp in Argentina, where they all also play three test games.
The 21 man squad has players selected from twenty different countries with Nigeria and Mexico having three and two players respectively. The highest among all the countries from which players were selected from.
Nigeria will have the trio of the attacking duo of Treasure Odunze and Victor Orakpo with midfielder David Emmanuel completing the list for Nigeria. The team have already arrived in Argentina.
During the stay in Argentina, the squad will have the chance to show what they can do in three friendly fixtures. The first game on 20 June is against Estudiantes. That is followed three days later (23 June) by the match against Argentinos Juniors. The final fixture on the morning of departure (27 June) is against River Plate.
Below is the full list of players selected.
Goalkeepers:
#1 Jakov Borna, Žaja (Croatia)
#26 Lukas, Da Silva Pötzinger (Germany)
#32 Viktor, Baier (Czechia)
Defence:
#2 Ignacio, Isla (Argentina)
#3 Carlos, Colina (Mexico)
#4 Youngmin, Cho (South Korea)
#12 Rafael, Werneck (Brazil)
#24 Dawid, Kalbarczyk (Poland)
#27 Saged, Zakaria (Egypt)
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Midfield:
#5 Gustavo, Telles (Brazil)
#6 Adam, Mahamid (Israel)
#7 Geon, Kim (South Korea)
#8 Sebastian, Plätzer (Norway)
#10 Siam, Yapp (Thailand)
#17 David, Emmanuel (Nigeria)
#19 Jermaine, Clarke (Jamaica)
#22 Ryan, Ayoub (USA)
#25 Degnon Julien, Brito (Togo)
Attack:
#9 Marko, Popović (Serbia)
#11 Victor, Orakpo (Nigeria)
#14 Isaias, Galvan (Mexico)
#20 Treasure, Odunze (Nigeria)
*#21 Jiaxuan, Guo (China) will join up at the training camp in Germany.
