Super Eagles handlers have dropped injured Gambo Mohammed and Yinka Adedeji from the 2014 CHAN in South Africa.
MTNFootball.com gathered that both players have since left the Eagles training camp.
The highly-rated Pillars star Gambo, who featured for Nigeria at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, has been nursing a hamstring injury, which has kept him by the sidelines since the Eagles resumed training for CHAN earlier this month.
Adedeji also suffered a hamstring injury at the weekend.
Golden Eaglets goalkeeper Dele Alampasu is also set to be in South Africa as third-choice goalkeeper after FC Taraba goalkeeper Ibrahim Pius was axed, but his Eaglet teammate Taiwo Awoniyi did not make the final cut.
Also dropped was new Enyimba signing Mfom Udoh, who was a late call-up to the Eagles after his goals for Akwa United last season.
Nigeria plays Mali on January 11 in Cape Town.
The final squad:
Goalkeepers: Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers), Daniel Akpeyi (Heartland), Dele Alampasu (Abuja Football College)
Defenders: Solomon Kwambe (Sunshine Stars); Francis Benjamin (Heartland), Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves), Kunle Odunlami (Sunshine Stars), Ikechukwu Gabriel (Bayelsa United), Umar Zango (Kano Pillars), Bright Esieme (Enyimba), Erhun Obanor (Insurance FC)
Midfielders: Ugonna Uzochukwu (Enugu Rangers), Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars), Christian Pyagbara (Sharks), Ikenna Hilary (Sunshine Stars), Abdullahi Shehu (Kano Pillars), Joshua Obaje (Warri Wolves)
Forwards: Ejike Uzoenyi (Enugu Rangers), Gbolahan Salami (Shooting Stars), Barnabas Imenger (Lobi Stars), Aliyu Ibrahim (Nasarawa United), Christian Obiozor (Enugu Rangers), Ifeanyi Ede (Enyimba) Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Keshi you are too tribalistic
ReplyDeleteHow is that tribalism, we need people who will deliver the results need.
ReplyDeleteHow is the selection tribalism, we need player who r good. Not people from each tribe. We r not going for national conference.
ReplyDeletehw do u means dat keshi is too tribalistic. Shld player's selection be base on tribe. U may ve to answer dis question bcos u r becoming sentimental on players dat represent d nation. My brother, it high time u shun d sentiment of tribe and ethnicity and embrace the golden rule of performance and hard work. I believe only players dat have perform well shld be selected and not from where the come from.
ReplyDeletebrilliant comments from u all but as players selection should not be based on tribe but performance, so should presidents, ministers etc be selected
ReplyDeleteI believe the performance of the boys will judge if keshi is tribalistic or not...but for now let's give the man credi for his achievements so far
ReplyDeleteWhen he brought in your tribal players they didn't perform well so he choose from the tribes where he would get better result,I wonder when some people will grow up..@Anonymous No 1
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