Golden Eaglets' Head Coach,
Emmanuel Amuneke, has described as welcome development the proposed
friendly with Nigerian youngsters from Diaspora.
The self-styled 'Soaring
Eaglets' made up of players from United Kingdom,Europe,USA and Canada
would expectedly play two matches with reigning world champions, Golden
Eaglets of Nigeria on July 29 and 30 at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Abuja.
"We are happy that the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) has approved these matches for us since it
would offer us the opportunity at looking at Nigerian youths from
outside," Amuneke said.
The 1994 African Footballer of
the Year said the Golden Eaglets under his watch is opened to all
Nigerians irrespective of where they are based and any youngster has a
chance of making the Chile 2015 World Cup-bound team.
"We have a clear idea of the
kind of players we want for the World Cup," noted the former Barcelona
winger who was an assistant when Nigeria won a record fourth U-17 World
Cup in 2012. "We would be delighted to get quality players from the boys
coming from outside."
The Golden Eaglets secured a
ticket to Chile 2015 after coming fourth at February's African U-17
Championship in Niger Republic, and would represent the
continent alongside Guinea, Mali and South Africa.
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