Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 football team Samson Siasia is considering drafting three players from the U-17 World Cup-winning squad to reinforce his team for the African U-23 Nations Cup in Senegal.
According to report, Osimhen is top on the radar as the gaffer seeks to solve the teams goalscoring problems.
Osimhen set up a new goals record at the U-17 World Cup in Chile, where he scored 10 goals, netting in all seven games as Nigeria won a fifth global crown.
“Siasia is considering calling up Osimhen and two other players from the World Cup-winning Golden Eaglets. The players are expected to join the U-23s in Morocco, where they will train before the U-23 championship in Senegal,” NFF official was quoted as saying.
It was further learnt that the two other players may be skipper Kelechi Nwakali, who was named the MVP of the U-17 World Cup, and one of the team’s fullbacks.
Siasia has complained about his team scoring goals and only a handful of noted strikers will be part of the 26 players who will fly out for a training stint in Morocco.
It is believed Siasia is counting on overseas-based strikers such as Taiwo Awoniyi, Umar Aminu and Junior Ajayi to join up with the final squad to Senegal
