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New Crawley City defender Benjamin Tanimu has been known as as much as substitute Vibrant Osayi-Samuel in Nigeria’s squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers towards Benin and Rwanda, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Interim Tremendous Eagles coach, Augustine Eguavoen, made the choice after Osayi-Samuel was dominated out resulting from an ankle harm.
The Fenerbahçe fullback had already missed his membership’s final two league matches, and his absence leaves Eguavoen with restricted choices at right-back.
Initially, Osayi-Samuel was anticipated to compete with Nottingham Forest’s Ola Aina for the right-back place.
With Osayi-Samuel sidelined, Aina stays the one pure right-back within the squad, however Tanimu, primarily a centre-back, might additionally fill the function if wanted.
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Tanimu’s inclusion within the squad is considerably shocking, contemplating his expertise as a central defender.
Regardless of his lack of expertise at right-back, Eguavoen has opted for Tanimu over Remo Stars’ Ismail Sadiq, who additionally made his Tremendous Eagles debut in June underneath Finidi.
Sadiq had been seen by many because the extra pure alternative for Osayi-Samuel, however Eguavoen’s determination displays his confidence in Tanimu’s means to adapt.
Tanimu has seen a speedy rise in his profession this 12 months, shifting from Bendel Insurance coverage to Tanzanian facet Singida Black Stars in February earlier than securing a transfer to Crawley City simply earlier than the switch window closed.
His worldwide breakthrough got here underneath former Tremendous Eagles coach George Finidi, who handed him his first cap throughout pleasant matches in March.
Apparently, Finidi began the 22-year-old in each of Nigeria’s World Cup qualifiers towards Benin and South Africa in June.
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In the meantime, because the Tremendous Eagles put together for his or her AFCON 2025 marketing campaign, extra gamers have joined the nationwide group camp in Uyo.
Nantes ahead Moses Simon and U.S.-based midfielder Alhassan Yusuf have reported, together with Tanimu and AC Milan’s Samuel Chukwueze, bringing the whole variety of gamers in camp to 18.
5 extra are anticipated to reach as Nigeria goals to kick off their qualification marketing campaign on a robust notice.
