Officials have told SCORENigeria that they expect a full house of Super Eagles call-ups later today after flight delays caused many of the players to miss the team’s first training.

As many as a dozen players are still being expected in the Super Eagles training camp in Uyo.

Ten players have so far reported in Uyo.

They are Calvin Bassey, Ola Aina, Alex Iwobi, Semi Ajayi, Jerome Akor, Benjamin Fredrick, Arthur Okonkwo, Moses Simon, Alhassan Yusuf and Stanley Nwabali.

These were the players who training in Uyo for the first time Tuesday night.

The late arrival of the players has forced the team to re-arrange their schedule with a media parley planned for later today called off.

The team will train behind closed doors later today.

The Super Eagles take on AFCON co-hosts Tanzania Friday with the return leg in Zanzibar four days later.

Nigeria are under pressure to win both qualifiers after they lost 3-0 in Guinea Bissau last month as part of the qualifying series.

They are second in their qualifying group with three points, three points behind Guinea Bissau, with only the group winners advancing to the tournament proper next year in East Africa.

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Super Eagles striker Rafiu Durosinmi and Mustapha Isah are among the leading scorers in the Jupiler Pro League in Belgium going into the international break.

Record signing Durosinmi has scored six goals for Genk, same as Isah of La Louviere after 11 rounds of matches.

They are two goals shy of leading scorer Nicolo Tresoldi of Club Brugge.

Anosike Ementa of Zulte Waregem is also among the leading assists kings in the league.

He has so far provided five assists, one short of the leading assists king.

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Viktoria Plzeň have reached an agreement to acquire Nigerian winger Solomon John, 25, from fellow Czech club Mladá Boleslav as their first winter signing.

The transfer fee is expected to be approximately three million euros (73 million CZK).

John joined Mladá Boleslav in August 2023, and his current market value is €900.0K, according to Transfermarkt.

The development is considered surprising, as Mladá Boleslav had concluded a new three-year contract with John at the start of October.

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