Tremendous Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has arrived on the staff’s camp in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, forward of Nigeria’s doubleheader Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers this week, Soccernet.ng stories.
Troost-Ekong, who performs his soccer in Saudi Arabia after leaving Europe in the summertime, joins his worldwide teammates as Nigeria step up their preparation for the essential video games towards Libya.
The Al Kholood centre-back led 4 different Tremendous Eagles stars to the staff’s Uyo camp on Tuesday.
Extra arrivals storm Eagles camp. @WTroostEkong x @OkoyeMaduka @Alookman_ x @CalvinBassey x @Simon27Moses #soarsupereagles pic.twitter.com/fUMznwR4rG
— 🇳🇬 Tremendous Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) October 8, 2024
Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, Ballon d’Or nominee Ademola Lookman, Fulham defender Calvin Bassey, and Nantes winger Moses Simon have been the opposite gamers who made it to camp on Tuesday afternoon.
The camp in Uyo is step by step filling up, with first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali and his deputy Amas Obasogie being among the many early arrivals.
Wilfred Ndidi, Benjamin Tanimu, Samuel Chukwueze, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Victor Boniface, Raphael Onyedika, and Frank Onyeka have additionally joined the camp, making certain a robust squad forward of the doubleheader towards Libya.
Whereas star striker Victor Osimhen will miss the video games attributable to damage, head coach Austin Eguavoen can nonetheless depend on the attacking abilities of Bayer Leverkusen’s Victor Boniface, Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi, and Sevilla’s Kelechi Iheanacho to guide the frontline.
Nigeria started their qualification marketing campaign with a 3-0 victory over Benin on the Godswill Akpabio Stadium and adopted it with a draw towards Rwanda, leaving them prime of the group with 4 factors.
A pair of wins over Libya may cement their spot within the subsequent version of the Africa Cup of Nations.