THE Flying Eagles have invited for camping nine
foreign-based players, including Kelechi Iheanacho
and Isaac Success, ahead of the 2015 African
Youth Championship (AYC) in Senegal.A statement
by the team's Media Officer, Samm Audu, on
Sunday said team head coach Manu Garba
expects the players to join up with the Flying
Eagles on Dec. 27.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
national under-20 team's training camp will reopen
in Kaduna on Dec. 27.
"Iheanacho is with English Premier League
champions Manchester City FC, while Success has
already broken into the first team at Spanish La
Liga side Granada CF, the statement said.
It also said the other foreign-based players invited
to the camp are Chidiebere Nwakali of Manchester
City, Taiwo Awoniyi of Kalmar in Sweden and
Chidera Eze of FC Porto of Portugal.
"The rest are Daddy Moses, Kingsley Madu, both
of AS Trencin of Slovakia, Musa Yahaya of
Tottenham Hotspur of England and Musa
Muhammed," the statement said.
It added also that the coach has already received
assurances for the release of the players by their
clubs.
NAN reports that the AYC will kick off on March 8
in Dakar, Senegal.
The eight-team event will produce Africa's four
representatives to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
in New Zealand.
source:Guardian
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