Rohr super eagles players list Mikel, Chukwueze, 23 Others In Super Eagles’ AFCON 2019 Provisional Squad

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has suspended  Mikel John Obi, in a 25-man gang  to get ready  for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt this summer, reports Completesports.com.

 

Rohr also named goalkeeper Ahmed Musa and defenders; Kenneth Omeruo and Abdullahi Shehu in his super eagles players list.

 

 

Mikel, who commanded  the team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia , has not been with the group since Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat to Argentina in Saint Petersburg.

 

But as reported by  the Communications Department of the Nigeria Football Federation, a current meeting with Coach Rohr in the United Kingdom sealed Mikel’s comeback   to the three–time African winners, with the chance of joining to his 85 international caps.

 

 

Rohr trust  the Trojans who earned a ticket to the AFCON 2019 finals with a match to spare, with goalkeeper Francis Uzoho, defenders Leon Balogun and William Ekong; strikers Oghenekaro Etebo and Wilfred Ndidi, and further Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi and Moses Simon also on the head-count.

 

 

Rohr has also put on pending  six players, namely; defenders Ikouwem Utin and Valentine Ozora Nwafor who have also been named in Nigeria’s final 21 for the FIFA U-20 World Cup starting in Poland next week.

 

The Franco-German mastermind interpreted  to thenff.com that he has included the two players knowing the FIFA U-20 World Cup will end on 15thJune.

 

2018 FIFA World Cup holder    Bryan Idowu, along with Portugal–based Mikel Agu and Egypt-based Junior Ajayi, and home–based goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhai.

 

All  contestants  and official staffs  are announced  at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Asaba on Sunday, 2nd June ahead of the friendly with the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Stephen Keshi Stadium on Saturday, 8th June.

 

The team will decamping   for Egypt on Sunday, 9thJune aboard a chartered aircraft, erect a final training camp in the city of Ismailia and tackle Africa’s eminent  team, Senegal in their final promotion  friendly on Sunday, 16th June.

 

Nigeria summons  Burundi, Guinea and Madagascar in that order in Group B of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations in four Egyptian cities 21stJune – 19th July.