Rohr invites Odey, Olatubosun for Corsica friendly

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has handed debut invitation to Nigeria Professional Football League players, Alhassan Ibrahim, Stephen Odey and Sikiru Olatubosun for the friendly match against a team from the Corsica region of France scheduled to hold later in May.

Vitoria Setubal midfielder Mikel Agu was also invited, while Ogenyi Onazi, Odion Ighalo and Brown Ideye were left out from the squad.

Chelsea’s Ola Aina and Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi have been given permission to join the team’s camp in Paris after their club’s English FA Cup final on May 27.

The Super Eagles will open camp in Corsica on May 24th and then play against the Corsica team two days later, before moving camp to Paris to camp ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa.

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The full list:

Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (IfeanyiUbah); Dele Alampasu (Cesarense)

Defenders: Leon Balogun (Mainz 05); William Ekong (Gent); Uche Agbo (Granada); Abdullahi Shehu (Anorthosis, Cyprus); Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag); Elderson Echiejile (Gijon, Spain); Chidozie Awaziem (Porto); Aina

Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester); Oghenekaro Etebo (Feirense); John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva); Mikel Agu (Vitoria Setubal); Alhassan Ibrahim (Akwa)

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester); Kelechi Iheanacho (Man City); Moses Simon (Gent); Iwobi; Stephen Odey (MFM); Olanrewaju Kayode ( Austria Wien); Isaac Success (Watford); Noah Serenren-Bazee (Hannover 96); Victor Osimhen (Wolfsburg); Sikiru Olatubosun)

 

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