Super Eagles: Chelle says U-23 players ready for senior team after 3-3 draw with Russia

Super Eagles caput manager Eric Chelle has said that Nigerian U-23 players who played successful Tuesday’s affable 3-3 gully against Russia are acceptable for the elder team.

Among the 16 players who turned retired for the Super Eagles astatine the Sovcombank Arena successful Nizhny Novgorod, 10 fulfill the property requirements to vie for Nigeria astatine the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, arsenic they were calved connected oregon aft January 1, 2005.

These players comprise Samuel James (SJK Seinäjoki), Benjamin Fredrick (Brentford), Aderemi Adeoye (Ikorodu City), Wilfred Igor (Kristiansund BK), Stephen Michael (Vendsyssel FF), Chibby Nwoko (Fulham), Vince Osuji (Tromso), Peter Edokpolor (Benfica), Abdullahi Umar (Hradec Kralove), and Umar Abubakar (Famalicão).

Chelle granted competitory debuts to 9 emerging talents successful effect to the unavailability and withdrawal of galore established players.

The Franco-Malian tactician articulated that the accumulation lucifer constituted portion of Nigeria’s strategical mentation for forthcoming tournaments, portion acknowledging that assembling his optimal roster had encountered obstacles.

“We are endeavoring to hole for the African Cup of Nations and the Olympic Games,” Eric Chelle stated during the post-match media briefing.

“We encountered difficulties successful assembling each desired players for the squad. In this instance, we fielded players fr...