Ahead of the senior national team of Nigeria 2026 World Cup qualifiers game against Lesotho head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has picked a new captain for the team, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The team will be without the service of the substantial captain Ahmed Musa and his vice William Troost-Ekong. Kenneth Omeruo who is the third in the leadership group isn’t expected to start later today.
Moses Simon who is the next after the defender will also start from the bench per what we exclusively gathered forcing the coach to settle for one of the duo of Kelechi Iheanacho or Alex Iwobi as captain for the game.
It is a decision that hasn’t been made now but the mantle will definitely fall on one of the aforementioned duo, as they will be the longest serving players in the team expected to start today’s game.
A team source said a decision wasn’t reached as at when the lineup was made but it seems to favour Iheanacho more than Iwobi whom Peseiro prefers to wear the armband for the game.
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