The coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has made up his mind on the future of five senior players in the team including captain of the team Ahmed Musa.
Peseiro has struggled to get results since his appointment as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria but that hasn’t stop him from making big decisions on some players, who don’t seem to fit into his plans.
We gathered he has decided to leave out captain of the team Ahmed Musa until his form improves at club level. Musa only recently joined another Turkish side Sivasspor from Fatih Karagamruk with the aim of getting regular run of games.
Since his move he has played just four matches although a fractured elbow kept him out of actions until the final round of games just before the World Cup break. He still wasn’t picked by Peseiro for the friendly game against Portugal.
Going forward, he might not get any chance to add to his 107 caps for Nigeria with the Portuguese as coach unless his form improves at club level. His treatment is however different from other senior players in the team owing to his role as the captain.
The quartet of Leon Balogun, Kenneth Omeruo, Kelechi Iheanacho and Shehu Abdullahi won’t be accorded same privilege as they don’t fit into the manager’s plan. He has other players ahead of them in the pecking order.
We gathered, the Portuguese coach wants to build his team around young and hungry players and see the phasing out of the aforementioned quartet as the first step toward achieving his goal before the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024.
