With the Tremendous Eagles’ probabilities of qualifying for subsequent 12 months’s FIFA World Cup showing to have lastly pale with their current 1-1 draw away to South Africa, a former midfielder within the Nigerian squad, Friday Ekpo has already began pondering of a revival technique for the group.
Sports247 experiences that Ekpo believes the Eagles’ resurgence ought to begin with the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, which can maintain from December to January, therefore his verdict {that a} new plan must be set in movement for the group.
He reckoned additional that, for the reason that World Cup ticket might already be past the Eagles, they need to use the remaining matches of the qualifiers to kick-start their AFCON preparations.
Ekpo urged, “We should always use our final two video games of the World Cup qualifiers in October to see the nice ones that we will add up.
“As soon as we’re via with that one, we will then begin inviting home-based gamers to affix the foreign-based ones.”
The previous inventive midfielder, who was one of many stars of Nigeria’s bronze profitable squad at Senegal ’92 AFCON, continued by mentioning that there can be restricted time after the final World Cup qualifier for preparations in direction of the continental showpiece in Morocco.
Ekpo famous, “We’ve October/November earlier than the Nations Cup competitors. So, we’d have lower than 40 days to do that preparation, as a result of they are going to nonetheless be energetic with their varied golf equipment.
“We should always then invite those that are beginning video games for his or her clubsides, not those coming from the bench or getting into with 5 minutes to go. We should always contemplate this and plenty of different elements.”
He concluded with a view that the Eagles want a mix of latest gamers with a number of the older ones to be able to combine vibrant youthfulness with expertise to make the Eagles robust once more.
“We should always have a look at different gamers who’re taking part in good soccer with their golf equipment in order that we will embrace them. We should always begin bringing in younger gamers and see what they’ll do.
“We’d like a brand new technology of gamers, and we will construct on them in order that, by the top of 2026 into 2027, we will have contemporary and youthful gamers within the group.
“Some older ones shall be there too, as a result of we additionally want expertise within the group. We’d like younger ones to return in progressively and take over from the previous ones,” Ekpo submitted.
