Jinadu, Oluwabusola,Amoo, Ebiowei Included As Nigeria Announce 25-Man Provisional Roster For U17 World Cup

The Nigeria Football Federation have officially announced a 25-player provisional roster for the upcoming FIFA U17 World Cup to be staged in Brazil. 

As exclusively reported by allnigeriasoccer.com on Wednesday, former Chelsea starlet Daniel Jinadu, Bournemouth goalkeeper Joseph Oluwabusola and Arsenal's Hale End Academy product Malcolm Ebiowei have been included in the squad list as well as Sidos Academy wonderkid Akinkunmi Amoo.

Coach Manu Garba have decided to give Jinadu, Oluwabusola and Ebiowei a chance in the team after impressing in the training camp held in Abuja.

With only three goalkeepers named on the provisional roster, it is a certainty that the Bournemouth and West Ham starlets will make the final 21-player squad to be unveiled next week, barring an injury during the the preparatory period in Sao Paulo.

Apart from goalkeepers, the squad contains eight defenders, ten midfielders and four strikers.

Nigeria's 25-Man Provisional Roster FIFA U17 World Cup

Goalkeepers (3): Sunday Stephen, Joseph Oluwabusola, Daniel Jinadu

Defenders (8): Charles Etim, Ogaga Oduko, Usman Ibrahim, Clement Ikenna, Shedrack Tanko, Quadri Edun, Oluwatimilehin Adeniyi, Simon Omon

Midfielders (10): Samson Tijani, Akinkunmi Amoo, Daniel Francis, Ibraheem Jabaar, Ibrahim Sa'id, Monsuru Opeyemi, Fawaz Abdullahi, Idris Eletu-Odibo, Malcolm Ebowei, Peter Agba

Forwards (4): Olakunle Olusegun, Wisdom Ubani, Divine Nwachukwu, Mayowa Abayomi

Ifeanyi Emmanuel