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- Super Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa has near Nigeria’s campy successful London up of Unity Cup last owed to idiosyncratic reasons
- The Kano Pillars guardant made his archetypal quality for the Super Eagles successful 18 months during the 2-1 triumph implicit Ghana
- Nigeria volition tackle Jamaica successful the Unity Cup last connected Saturday, May 31st, astatine the GTech Stadium
Super Eagles skipper Ahmed Musa has near Nigeria’s campy successful London up of the 2025 Unity Cup last against Jamaica.
The seasoned winger, who made his archetypal quality for the nationalist squad successful implicit 18 months during Nigeria’s 2-1 triumph against Ghana, volition miss the upcoming last scheduled for May 31.
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Musa entered the crippled arsenic a substitute successful the 60th minute, contributing to Nigeria’s hard-fought triumph against the Black Stars that secured a spot successful Saturday’s last against the Raggae Boyz.
The 32-year-old forward's instrumentality to the Super Eagles was a invited boost to the squad, having been sidelined from nationalist squad enactment since the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) owed to fittingness concerns pursuing his departure from Turkish broadside Sivasspor.
Musa’s Exit linked to upcoming wedding
According to reports from OwnGoal Nigeria, Musa's aboriginal exit from the Super Eagles campy was sanctioned by caput manager Eric Chelle.
The erstwhile Leicester City forward’s departure is related to his forthcoming wedding, which is scheduled to instrumentality spot connected June 1 successful Kaduna.
With the Unity Cup last acceptable for May 31, Musa had to permission the squad to marque capable preparations.
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Musa rejoined Kano Pillars successful October 2023 aft a abbreviated interruption from shot and has since go a captious subordinate successful the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), scoring 10 goals and providing 2 assists successful 23 appearances.
The 32-year-old forward’s signifier earned him a callback to the Super Eagles for the Unity Cup, wherever helium featured prominently against Ghana.
Coach Eric Chelle volition determine connected Musa’s aboriginal engagement with the nationalist squad successful the coming months, particularly with World Cup qualifiers connected the skyline successful September.
Several players beryllium retired last training
Musa was not the lone notable absentee from Friday's grooming session.
According to 21st Century Chronicle, Wilfred Ndidi, Cyriel Dessers, and Semilore Ajayi each missed the session, portion others who played extensively against Ghana were placed connected airy betterment drills.
Interestingly, Benjamin Fredrick of English Premier League broadside Brentford, who was not primitively portion of the squad, was spotted astatine the grooming ground.
The erstwhile ABS Ilorin defender participated successful tactical sessions led by manager Chelle, hinting astatine a imaginable precocious inclusion oregon aboriginal involvement.
The Super Eagles volition look Jamaica successful the Unity Cup last astatine the GTech successful London.
Musa makes a plea to fans
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Musa began his enactment duties by serving arsenic a cardinal nexus betwixt the squad and Nigerians up of the Unity Cup.
The elder nationalist squad skipper arrived successful London connected Monday, May 26, alongside players from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) and Remo Stars manager Daniel Ogunmodede, for the highly anticipated four-nation tournament.
Musa has urged Nigerians to propulsion their afloat enactment down the squad arsenic they hole to look the Black Stars of Ghana.
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