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- Nigeria's hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier hangs successful the equilibrium with 4 games left
- The Super Eagles’ weaknesses successful cardinal areas were exposed during the matches against Rwanda and Zimbabwe
- The Nigeria Football Federation has enactment to bash successful convincing players to power nationalist earlier September
The Nigeria Football Federation has the large task of convincing immoderate foreign-born players to power nationalities and assistance Nigeria earlier the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier resumes successful September.
Nigeria bushed Rwanda successful Kigali earlier drafting Zimbabwe successful Uyo during the 2 qualifier games successful March, leaving the country’s chances of qualifying for the tourney successful the balance.
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The 2 games proved that Nigeria person weaknesses successful astir departments successful the pitch, which needs urgent addressing earlier the qualifier games against Rwanda and South Africa successful September.
September's games volition either springiness the Super Eagles the accidental to combat connected oregon efficaciously extremity their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup successful the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Legit.ng looks astatine 4 foreign-born players the NFF indispensable person to assistance the team.
Dual nationalist players NFF indispensable convince
Tosin Adarabioyo
The NFF person been successful progressive pursuit of the defender for galore years, peculiarly during his clip astatine Fulham, earlier making a power down the thoroughfare to articulation London neighbours Chelsea connected a escaped transportation successful the summertime of 2024.
At 27, helium could measurement successful for Super Eagles skipper William Troost-Ekong, who took responsibility for his lapses successful defence, which outgo Nigeria the triumph implicit Zimbabwe successful Uyo. He heightened rumours astir him past twelvemonth aft sharing pictures connected his X page captioned Odogwu.
Lesley Ugochukwu
One of the concerns for Nigeria during the 1-1 gully against Zimbabwe was the deficiency of antiaircraft midfielders who beryllium to support the defence. Bar Wilfred Ndidi, different Nigerian midfielders are cardinal and attacking midfielders.
Chelsea prima Lesley Ugochukwu, who was linked to Super Eagles successful the past, is 1 of the perfect candidates to lick this problem, and helium is reportedly unfastened to playing for Nigeria adjacent though helium inactive plays for France younker teams.
Ethan Nwaneri
Nigeria lacks wingers who can marque things hap from their position- nary disrespect to first-choice stars Samuel Chukwueze and Moses Simon, arsenic they conflict to infuse creativity into the squad and lend importantly to goal-scoring.
According to Nigerian writer Shina Oludare, the 17-year-old who is eligible to correspond England and Nigeria volition play for whichever state approaches him first, leaving the doorway unfastened for the NFF to poach him.
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Honourable mentions
Jacob Murphy
The Newcastle United winger is eligible to correspond Nigeria done his father, but according to OwnGoal Nigeria declined an archetypal approach, arsenic helium continues to hold for an England call-up astatine 30.
Carney Chukwuemeka
Chelsea midfielder Chukwuemeka was not named successful the main database due to the fact that helium is akin to astir of the existent options, peculiarly Alex Iwobi, but helium could boost the Eagles' options going forward.
Eric Chelle meets Ethan Nwaneri
Legit.ng reported that Eric Chelle met Ethan Nwaneri successful a bid to person the Arsenal academy postgraduate to power his planetary allegiance and correspond Nigeria.
Chelle returned to Europe to proceed consultations aft the March planetary break, during which helium won 1 and drew the different of his archetypal 2 games.
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