21 players in the camp of the senior national team of Nigeria will later today observe the first training session of the team ahead of the first leg of their world cup playoff against Ghana on Friday.
Today around 6:30pm Nigerian time, they will observe their first real training session at the Moshood Abiola Stadium under the eyes of the technical crew of the team led by Austine Eguavoen who retains his position as interim technical adviser.
Victor Osimhen of Italian Serie A side Napoli arrived the camp to swell the number to 21. He is coming into the game in his best form ever after scoring back to back brace in the Serie A against Verona and Udinese respectively.
Nigeria will however be without Sparta Rotterdam goalkepper Maduka Okoye who has been ruled out due to an unspecified illness. He has been replaced by Enyimba’s goalkepper John Noble. Noble too isn’t fully fit as he went out of their 0-0 draw against Wikki Tourist in the 70th minute with an injury.
Meanwhile the one player yet to arrive the camp of the team is Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman with reports circulating that he has pulled out of the game with an unspecified illness. There is still no official confirmation.
Below is the list of the 21 players in camp:
Update! Victor Osimhen is here. 21 players in camp…Ekong, Balogun, Ajayi, Aina, Onyeka, Ighalo, Akpeyi, Musa, Etebo, Iheanacho, Abdullahi, Uzoho, Simon, Dennis, Aribo, Bassey, Bonke, Omeruo, Sanusi, Chukwueze, Osimhen.
