AFCON UPDATE: 18 Players Participate In First Training Session as Team Now Train Twice Daily

THE NUMBER OF SUPER EAGLES PLAYERS IN CAMP SWELL UP TO 18 OF THE 25-INVITED PLAYERS IN ASABA CAMP AS AT 9 PM NIGERIAN TIME JUST AS THE JOSTLE TO MAKE THE FINAL 23-MAN SQUAD FOR THIS MONTH’S AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS IN EGYPT HOTS UP

WITH CAPTAIN MIKEL OBI LEADING THE PACK OF EARLY ARRIVALS, TURKISH LEAGUE CHAMPION, HENRY ONYEKURU LED THE SECOND SET OF PLAYERS TO ARRIVE AT THE TEAM’S BASE WITH RETURNEE KELECHI IHEANACHO AND FRANCIS UZOHO ALSO JOINING LATE ON SUNDAY NIGHT TO BRING THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN CAMP TO 18.

EXPECTED TO HIT CAMP POSSIBLY BEFORE THE TEAM’S MORNING TRAINING UK-BASED DUO OF ALEX IWOBI AND WILFRED NDIDI ALONGSIDE DEFENDER TROOST-EKONG AMONG THE SEVEN REMAINING EXPECTED PLAYERS

 THE TEAM OFFICIALLY BEGINS TRAINING SESSION ON TODAY BY 10 AM NIGERIAN TIME BEFORE ANOTHER SESSION BY 4:30 PM.