Newly appointed Head coach of the Super Eagles, Finidi George, is expected to release his squad for next month’s FIFA World Cup 26 double header against South Africa and Republic of Benin next week.

Appointed late last month as successor to the departed Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro after serving briefly as the national team’s interim coach in two friendly against Ghana and Mali, George has been holding crucial meetings over the last few days in order to sort out the issue of his assistants as well as players to prosecute the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria have secured only two points from their opening two matches following an identical 1-1 draw at home against Lesotho and away to Zimbabwe last November. With the Super Eagles trailing in third position behind Rwanda (four points) and South Africa (three points), the former Ajax Amsterdam winger is expected to name a strong squad for next round of matches.

“Barring any last minute changes, the Super Eagles for the world Cup qualifiers should be released next week,” a reliable source at the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) said.

George’s first set of call up as Super Eagles would certainly include the usual suspects including the likes of Victor Osimhen, Lookman Ademola , Samuel Chukwueze, Victor Boniface , Alex Iwobi, Kenneth Omeruo, goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali amongst others.

Already, the 52-year-old George has already proposed a five-man technical crew including three foreigners as well as current goalkeeper trainer Abideen Baruwa and former international Daniel Amokachi who is being touted as a second assistant. (The Nation)

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