Ahmed Musa Ready To Trade Blows With Iwobi, Off To London With CSKA
Published: April 04, 2018
Ahmed Musa has flown to London together with the CSKA Moscow squad ahead of Thursday's UEFA Europa League quarterfinal tie against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
The players and officials of CSKA Moscow departed the Sheremetyevo International Airport at 1053 hours and they were accompanied by former Hull City manager Leonid Slutsky.
Musa is among the four strikers in the Army Men's traveling party, and will compete for one of the attacking positions with Vitinho, Timur Zhamaletdinov and Fedor Chalov.
The Leicester City loanee will be hoping to play his 36th game in a European club competition against the Gunners.
Fellow Nigeria international Alex Iwobi, who was benched in Arsenal's 3-0 win against Stoke City last weekend, is in contention to play his fifth game in the Europa League against the Muscovites.
CSKA Moscow Squad
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev, Ilya Pomazun.
Defenders: Vasili Berezutski, Kirill Nababkin, Aleksei Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich, Georgy Schennikov.
Midfielders: Pontus Wernbloom, Aleksandr Golovin, Alan Dzagoev, Bibras Natkho, Konstantin Kuchaev, Khetag Khosonov, Georgi Milanov,Kristijan Bistrović.
Forwards: Vitinho, Timur Zhamaletdinov, Ahmed Musa, Fedor Chalov.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : pfc-cska.com
The players and officials of CSKA Moscow departed the Sheremetyevo International Airport at 1053 hours and they were accompanied by former Hull City manager Leonid Slutsky.
Musa is among the four strikers in the Army Men's traveling party, and will compete for one of the attacking positions with Vitinho, Timur Zhamaletdinov and Fedor Chalov.
The Leicester City loanee will be hoping to play his 36th game in a European club competition against the Gunners.
Fellow Nigeria international Alex Iwobi, who was benched in Arsenal's 3-0 win against Stoke City last weekend, is in contention to play his fifth game in the Europa League against the Muscovites.
CSKA Moscow Squad
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev, Ilya Pomazun.
Defenders: Vasili Berezutski, Kirill Nababkin, Aleksei Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich, Georgy Schennikov.
Midfielders: Pontus Wernbloom, Aleksandr Golovin, Alan Dzagoev, Bibras Natkho, Konstantin Kuchaev, Khetag Khosonov, Georgi Milanov,Kristijan Bistrović.
Forwards: Vitinho, Timur Zhamaletdinov, Ahmed Musa, Fedor Chalov.
Igho Kingsley
Photo Credit : pfc-cska.com
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