Nigeria will open their training camp for two crucial AFCON 2017 qualifiers against Egypt on Sunday with players from the domestic league, officials have informed.
The camp
will open in Abuja before it moves to Kaduna, where Nigeria will welcome
seven-time champions Egypt on March 25, before they fly out for the reverse
clash in Alexandria on March 29 night.
This latest
proposal for the camp to open earlier than a plan by former Super Eagles coach
Sunday Oliseh to get going two weeks to the match in Kaduna is expected to be
endorsed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical committee, when
they meet in Abuja today.
However, it
is left to be seen whether the home-based players called up for the Egypt
matches will be excused to feature for their clubs in league matches
thereafter.
Nigeria are
expected to announce a squad made up of players from the home league and
foreign pros today after a deliberation by the technical committee.
NFF
technical director Shaibu Amodu met with caretaker coaches Samson Siasia and
Salisu Yusuf on Tuesday in Abuja to draw up a squad list.
Emmanuel
Amuneke, the third member in the Eagles consortium of coaches, was not present
as he was back at his base in Spain.
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