The management
of Kano Pillars Football club is confident that the Nigeria Professional
Football League (NPFL) leading goal scorer, Junior Lokosa will be part of the
Super Eagles’ final 23-man list for the 2018 Russia World Cup in June,”
Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.
Super Eagles’
head coach Gernot Rohr handed the Kano Pillars hitman his first national team
call up when he was included in the 30-Man provisional list on Monday.
Kano Pillars
described Lokosa’s invitation as a welcome development for the club and the
NPFL.
The club’s
media officer, Rilwanu Idris Malikawa, in a release, noted that the invitation
did not come to them as a surprise, considering his current form.
"We
have the confidence that Lokosa will make it through in the 23 final squad of
Super Eagles and he will make the home based players proud in Russia,"
Malikawa said.
Malikawa
then expressed the Sai Masu Gida determination to contribute its qouta towards
producing quality players that will continue to represent the country at all
levels.
“Recently,
Rabi'u Ali was in the CHAN team in Morocco and three of our players are in the
Flying Eagles which includes Jamil Muhammad Jamil, Ibrahim Alassan and Nazifi
Yahaya,” the statement added.
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