Chelsea, Bournemouth, SV Eintracht Trier Starlets Receive Nigeria Call-Up

Published: August 06, 2019

Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that two players on the books of Premier League clubs and a German-based youngster have been called up to the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup.

Nigeria U17s coaches led by Manu Garba are expected to begin running the rule over Chelsea striker Adrian Akande, Bournemouth goalkeeper Joseph Oluwabusola and promising SV Eintracht Trier 05 glovesman Armin Olayo as from Tuesday, August 13.

Akande and Oluwabusola were part of the Golden Eaglets squad at the 2019 U17 AFCON but were non-playing substitutes in all the matches.

As for Olayo, he was extensively scouted by Golden Eaglets coaches and the Technical Committee of the Nigerian Federation before he was handed a maiden invitation to the Nigeria team.

The aforementioned players as well as West Ham's Daniel Jinadu will be hoping to impress the coaches during the get-together in Abuja as they aim to be included on the final 21-man roster for the tournament in Brazil.

Five-time world champions Nigeria will face Hungary, Ecuador and Australia in Group B of the FIFA U17 World Cup which begins on October 26, 2019.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel