Nigeria U20 Coach Takes Drastic Decision on 10 Players Over Age Discrepancies

• Nigeria U20 coach Ladan Bosso has sent 10 players from the squad over age discrepancies
• 35 players are already in the Flying Eagles camp ahead of the Africa U20 Cup of Nations
• A huge percentage of players in the squad are those from academies across the country

The head coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles, Ladan Bosso has dropped 10 players from the squad for age discrepancies and faulty documentation.

Bosso is preparing his wards ahead of the Africa U20 Cup of Nations, with a number of players invited to the training camp.

It is believed that 35 players will begin screening on Monday, January 9, while 10 others who are based abroad are expected in the coming week.

Most of the players that have made the list are those from academies, rather than those playing in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and the Nigerian League One (NLO).

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Asked why players of the NPFL failed to dominate the team, a member of the squad’s backroom staff disclosed to Own Goal that most of the elite league's players were found to be 'above age'.

Despite their impressive performances, it is believed, most of these players were screened out as the idea remains to build a team for the future.

Goalkeeper Nathaniel Nwosu meanwhile - who is also number-one choice for the Olympic Eagles - headlines the list alongside midfielder Daniel Daga and forward Promise Bernard.

Vanguard reports other members of the squad as goalkeeper Chijioke Anigboso, defenders Benjamin Frederick, Nathaniel Tambe and Hassan Shaibu, midfielders Ibrahim Yahaya and Muhammad Aminu, and forwards Adams Olalekan and Ayuba Francis.

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This brings the total number of players involved in the controversy to 32, as the country prepares for the UNIFACC tournament - contested by the U17 sides of the Central African Football Federations' Union countries.

It is believed that Eto’o ordered all players selected to play for the country’s youth teams to undergo MRI tests, to determine if their ages are as claimed.