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Super Eagles Squad: Osimhen, Nwabali out, Otele, Yira Sor, Fernandez new call-ups
Super Eagles No 1 goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, who is without a club, has been left out of forthcoming friendlies against Jordan and Iran, so too star striker Victor Osimhen, while there are fresh call-ups for Rangers defender Emmanuel Fernandez, Yira Sor of Belgian club Genk and Philip Otele from Hamburg.
In place of Nwabali, coach Eric Chelle has called up Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, who opted out of the 2025 AFCON because he was not guaranteed a first-team place.
Star striker Osimhen was a surprise omission from the squad even though the matches will be played in Turkey.
Speed star Yira Sor has been flying at Genk, while Otele is pushing his way at new German Bundesliga club Hamburg.
Eric Chelle has also selected team captain Wilfred Ndidi, midfield ace Alex Iwobi and forward Ademola Lookman in a list of 23 players for the matches, which have now been moved from the Jordanian capital, Amman to the city of Antalya in Turkey.
The Super Eagles will take on Iran’s senior men football team in Antalya on Friday, 27th March (with kick off set for 4pm local time), and then the Jordan senior men national team on Tuesday, 31st March (with kick off set for 8pm local time).
Originally scheduled for the 17,000-capacity Amman International Stadium and the 62,000-capacity King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (also in Amman), the games had to be moved to a new venue following the outbreak of military conflict in the Middle East.
23 SUPER EAGLES FOR FRIENDLIES MATCHES AGAINST IRAN & JORDAN
Goalkeepers: Maduka Okoye (Udinese FC, Italy); Adeleye Adebayo (Volos FC, Greece); Francis Uzoho (Omonia FC, Cyprus)
Defenders: Calvin Bassey (Fulham FC, England); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (Hull City, England); Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City, England); Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos, Greece); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Igoh Ogbu (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic); Emmanuel Fernandez (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Midfielders: Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC, England); Frank Onyeka (Coventry FC, England); Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas FC, Turkey); Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium); Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (SS Lazio, Italy)
Forwards: Ademola Lookman (Atletico Madrid, Spain); Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham FC, England); Simon Moses (Paris FC, France); Chidera Ejuke (Sevilla FC, Spain); Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor AS, Turkey); Akor Adams (Sevilla FC, Spain); Philip Otele (Hamburger SV, Germany); Collins Yira Sor (KRC Genk, Belgium)
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Foreign Pros
Official: Club stopped Femi Azeez from Super Eagles friendlies
A top team official has informed SCORENigeria that English Championship club Millwall have stopped Femi Azeez from featuring in the Super Eagles friendlies against Poland and Portugal.
Femi Azeez was drafted to the Super Eagles squad for the friendlies as a direct replacement for Samuel Chukwueze after he shone at the Unity Cup in London.
However, his club Millwall stopped him from the matches.
“He was listed for the friendlies, but his club blocked him from the matches,” the official told SCORENigeria
This is believed to be in connection with a possible major transfer involving the highly-rated winger amid reports that Millwall have turned down a 20 million pounds offer from promoted Ipswich Town for the player.
Swedish club AIK stopped Zadok Yohanna from making his Super Eagles debut partly because he was injured and also because they are negotiating his transfer.
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Family seeks autopsy of late Golden Eaglets star Victor Udoh
Top sources have told only SCORENigeria that the family has sought an autopsy to be done on former Golden Eaglets star Victor Udoh, who died in Abuja at the weekend amid various speculations surrounding his untimely death.
The autopsy will uncover the cause of death of the player, who was hail and hearty on the day he died.
The autopsy will be conducted after the Sallah holidays by Friday as a court will have to authorise it.
“So many lies have been written about the circumstances leading to his death and that it the more reason an autopsy is now very necessary,” another source confided to SCORENigeria
“No one has been arrested or detained in connection with his death and the cause of death has yet to be determined.”
A close family source further informed SCORENigeria on the fateful day of his death Udoh had trained around the hills between Kubwa and Bwari along with his friends, which he even posted on social media.
He later retired to his house and it was only when he could not be reached on phone that all efforts were done to break into his room, where his body was found.
It was further gathered that the player even got his entry visa to restart his career in the Czech Republic just days to his demise.
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Super Eagles coach faults Man of Match Femi Azeez
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has congratulated Man of the Match Femi Azeez on his goal-scoring debut, but at the same faulted some of the things that the Millwall winger failed to do.
Femi Azeez made the dream debut with two goals for the Super Eagles to sink Zimbabwe and advance to the final of the Unity Cup Saturday in London.
“He scored two goals, I congratulate him, but he lost a lot of balls, so not happy with him even though he recovered some of these balls,” Eric Chelle said at the post-match media briefing.
“I also asked them to do the high pressing for the whole 90 minutes.”
The coach praised his experimental selection for “playing like a team who have been playing together for the past six months, one year”, saying they deserved their victory.
“It was not easy for some of the players to play for the first time against a strong team like Zimbabwe,” he said.
“But this is a friendly not a World Cup or AFCON qualifier.
“All the same we deserved our victory and i am happy for the result.”
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