Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has indicated that in
building a squad for next year’s World Cup, he will give priority to players
who won the group B qualification ticket.....
However, the German born coach stated
that he wouldn’t also ignore Nigerian players who are doing well with their
clubs and could fit in into areas of the team that need fortification. “The
players who qualified us for the World Cup, I don’t forget them,” Rohr said.
“Maintaining exactly the same team (for the World Cup) will be difficult as the
team will keep changing because of injuries and some of the players not playing
regularly at their clubs. “We will continue to follow these players, but perhaps
we will need in one, two positions better players, possibly a better team.”
Some of the players who featured prominently in the highly successful
qualification campaign include John Obi Mikel, Odion Ighalo, Victor Moses,
Moses Simon, Ogenyi Onazi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Leon Balogun,
William Troost-Ekong, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Shehu Abdullahi.
Youngsters like Henry Onyekuru have proved to be too hot to ignore, even as
Rohr is under pressure to recall senior players like Vincent Enyeama and
Obafemi Martins.
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