New coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has revised the list of players who were initially invited for the friendly games against Mexico and Ecuador respectively.
Nigeria lost both games which are dress rehearsal for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers where Nigeria will take on Sierra Leone on the 9th of May before a game against Sao Tome and Principe on the 13th.
Peseiro has made some changes to the list of players with the axing of some players notably seven of the nine players from the Nigeria Professional Football League with only goalkepper Adewale Adeyinka and Faisal Sani surviving the chop.
Also youngsters Samson Tijani and Alhassan Yusuf who were unable to make it to the United States of America due to visa issues were not handed a chance to be a part of the squad for the AFCON qualifiers. Same goes for Valentine Ozornwafor whose club confirmed his invitation but he was conspicuously missing from the list.
There was a first time call up for Hapoel Jerusalem goalkepper Adebayo Adeleye with Olorunleke Ojo the goalkepper dropped for him to be a part of the team that will camp in Abuja for both games.
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Adewale Adeyinka (Akwa United); Adebayo Adeleye (Hapoel Jerusalem, Israel)
Defenders: Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Chidozie Awaziem (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Calvin Bassey (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Sani Faisal (Katsina United);
Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain)
Midfielders: Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Alex Iwobi (Everton FC, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (Watford FC, England); Innocent Bonke (FC Lorient, France); Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal CF, Spain); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli, Italy); Cyriel Dessers (Feyenoord FC, The Netherlands); Ademola Lookman (Leicester City, England); Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain); Terem Moffi (FC Lorient, France); Emmanuel Dennis(Watford, England)
