Tremendous Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has made two late adjustments to Nigeria’s squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers towards Lesotho and Benin Republic, following accidents to 2 key gamers.
Chelle, who initially introduced his 23-man checklist on Friday, was compelled to recall Zaidu Sanusi and Christantus Uche after Cyriel Dessers and Brilliant Osayi-Samuel have been dominated out attributable to accidents sustained with their respective golf equipment.
Sanusi, who performs for FC Porto, makes a well timed return to the nationwide setup after recovering from a prolonged harm spell that stored him out of the group’s worldwide engagements.
He final featured for the Tremendous Eagles on the final Africa Cup of Nations in Cote D’Ivoire the place the Tremendous Eagles completed with a silver medal.
His expertise and defensive steadiness on the left flank are anticipated to supply a lift to Chelle’s aspect.
Christantus Uche, in the meantime, will get one other probability to impress on the worldwide stage.
The in-form ahead has been one of many standout performing Tremendous Eagles gamers in Europe
He switched from Laliga to the English Premier League, enjoying for Crystal Palace to underine his rise in inventory.
Christantus Uche will add extra fireplace energy to the Tremendous Eagles midfield as he replaces Cyril Dessers who’s unavailable attributable to harm
Nigeria will start their October worldwide window away to Lesotho on October 10 in Maseru earlier than returning to Abuja to face Benin Republic on October 14.
Each video games are thought-about essential because the Tremendous Eagles must win each matches to plain an opportunity profitable a ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by the US, Mexico, and Canada.
With the newest changes, Eric Chelle’s males are anticipated to renew coaching camp on Monday in Abuja earlier than flying out to Maseru for the should win encounter.
The Rejig 23 Man Tremendous Eagles Squad
Goalkeepers:
Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United), Amas Obasogie (Bendel Insurance coverage), Adebayo Adeleye (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Defenders:
Felix Agu (Werder Bremen), Bruno Onyemaechi (Boavista), Semi Ajayi (West Brom), William Troost-Ekong (PAOK), Calvin Bassey (Fulham), Benjamin Fredrick (Brøndby), Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto)
Midfielders:
Alex Iwobi (Fulham), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester Metropolis), Frank Onyeka (Brentford), Alhassan Yusuf (Royal Antwerp)
Forwards:
