Super Eagles’ manager, Eric Chell has dropped Captain Ahmed Musa, and Kelechi Iheanacho ahead of the upcoming world Cup qualifying games.
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that Coach Eric on Tuesday, listed his final 23-man squad for the matches.
Recall that Musa was one of the surprise inclusions in Chelle’s 39-player provisional list for the World Cup Qualifiers.
Meanwhile, in the final list for the games billed for next week, the Super Eagles’ manager removed Kano Pillars man and Iheanacho of Middlesbrough.
In the final squad released on Tuesday, Chelle listed like Alex Iwobi, William Troost-Ekong, Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Victor Boniface, Simon Moses, and Stanley Nwabali.
Others include Ola Aina, Calvin Bassey, and Wilfred Ndidi among others. Nathan Tella and Joe Aribo are back in the squad after a long time out.
The coach equally handed a maiden call-up to Tolu Arokodare, Igoh Ogbu, and Papa Mustapha for the games.
READ MORE: Super Eagles Release List For World Cup Qualifiers
Nigeria will play Rwanda on March 21 in Kigali before returning home to battle with the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium four days later.
SEE FULL LIST BELOW
DEFENDERS
William Ekong (Al-Kholood FC, Saudi Arabia); Bright Osayi-Samuel (Fenerbahce SK, Turkey); Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiacos FC, Greece); Calvin Bassey (Fulham FC, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Nottingham Forest, England); Igoh Ogbu (SK Slavia Prague, Czech Republic)
MIDFIELDERS
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium); Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi (New England Revolution, USA); Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC, England); Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Southampton FC, England); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes)
FORWARDS
Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan, Italy); Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray FC, Turkey); Ademola Lookman (Atalanta FC, Italy); Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany); Simon Moses (FC Nantes, France); Sadiq Umar (Valencia FC, Spain); Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany); Tolu Arokodare (KRC Genk, Belgium)
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