The provisional list of Super Eagles players for the Africa Cup of Nations submitted to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by ex coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr before his sacked has been leaked to OwnGoalNigeria.com.
Rohr as first confirmed by this portal revealed he has already submitted a provisional list of 37 players to CAF for the Africa Cup of Nations before he was relieved off his duties as coach of the team.
“We put our list together of 37 players before [Nov. 16]. The job has been done until the letter last Friday [Dec. 10]”, Rohr revealed while speaking on his departure as coach of the Nigerian team.
Sources close to the coach have leaked the names submitted by the coach and it has three new players in Leicester City Ademola Lookman and Ovie Ejaria of Reading both players only recently switched allegiance to Nigeria from England, where they were youth internationals.
There was also a first time call up for Nigeria U17 winger Akinkumi Amoo of Swedish side Hammarby and also a return to the team for Watford of England rave of the moment Emmanuel Dennis.
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands) John Noble ( Enyimba FC)
Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey); Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); William Ekong (Watford FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy); Jamilu Collins (SC Paderborn 07, Germany); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Kevin Akpoguma (TSG Hoffenheim, Germany), Adekunle Adeleye (Enyimba), Calvin Bassey (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Tyronne Ebuehi (Venezia, Italy).
Midfielders: Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Alex Iwobi (Everton FC, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England), Innocent Bonke (Malmo, Sweden) Ovie Ejaria ( Reading, England)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain); Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC, Italy); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk, Belgium); Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Odion Jude Ighalo (Al-Shabab Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Emmanuel Dennis (Watford), Ademola Lookman (Leicester City), Akinkumi Amoo (Hammarby, Sweden), Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, France), Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin, Germany ), Terem Moffi ( Lorient, France), Sadiq Umar (Almeria, Spain).
