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Nigeria confirm 23-man squad for FIFA World Cup - Mhiz Rebecca - 06-04-2018
Nigeria on Sunday named a final 23- man squad
for the World Cup with Chelsea defender Ola Aina
and Mikel Agu from FC Porto placed on standby .
However, both Aina and Agu will travel with the
team for a training camp in Austria .
The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) announced
the final squad on their Twitter account.
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Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi , who has
been a major injury concern , made the final cut,
while Russia -based defender Bryan Idowu and FC
Crotone striker Simeon Nwankwo are the two
players who are yet to make an official debut for
the team .
The team , who lost 2- 1 to England on Saturday at
Wembley , will fly out of London on Sunday to
Austria before they head out to Russia for the
World Cup on June 11 .
FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers : Ikechukwu Ezenwa ( Enyimba) ,
Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA ) , Francis Uzoho
( Deportivo La Coruna/ESP )
Defenders : William Troost- Ekong, Shehu Abdullahi
( Bursaspor/TUR ), Leon Balogun ( Brighton Hove
Albion /ENG ) , Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea /ENG ),
Bryan Idowu (Amkar Perm /RUS ), Chidozie
Awaziem (FC Porto /POR ), Elderson Echiejile
( Cercle Brugge /BEL ) , Tyronne Ebuehi ( Benfica/
POR)
Midfielders: Mikel Obi (Tianjin Teda /CHN ), Ogenyi
Onazi (Trabzonspor /TUR) , John Ogu (Hapoel Be’ er
Sheva /ISR ), Wilfred Ndidi ( Leicester City /
ENG ),Oghenekaro Etebo (CD Feirense/POR ), Joel
Obi ( Torino FC/ ITA )
Forwards : Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai /CHN ) ,
Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho( Leicester City /
ENG ), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal /ENG) , Simeon Nwankwo
( FC Crotone/ ITA ), Victor Moses ( Chelsea/ENG )