Super Eagles lead trainer Austin Eguavoen and his colleague Emmanuel Amuneke will be at Selhurst Park to watch Crystal Palace take on Chelsea in a Premier League game on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra has dependably learned.
The mentors were at the King Power arena on Thursday to watch the threesome Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Ademola Lookman highlight for Leicester City who crushed Randers FC 4-1 in their Europa Conference League conflict.
They are relied upon to meet with Palace stars Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze as they bid to persuade the pair to change their identity from England to Nigeria, our journalist likewise assembled.
The two players are qualified to play for Nigeria.
Olise was brought into the world in England to a Nigerian dad and a French-Algerian mother, making him qualified to address any of the four nations while Eze brought into the world in England too to Nigerian guardians.
He has addressed the England U-21 level yet through his folks, the 23-year-old additionally stays qualified to address the Eagles.
“There is a gathering booked for the mentors to meet Eze and Olise this end of the week,” a source told PUNCH Sports Extra on state of secrecy.
“We are confident that Eze and Olise will be all around persuaded by the mentors of what plans they have for them.”
There are additionally plans to meet with Southampton’s Nathan Tella, Reading’s Ovie Ejaria and Fulham’s Tosin Adarabioyo before the mentors return to Nigeria to conclude their crew list for the following month’s significant Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying set up to contend with Ghana.
Nigeria, who have included in six of the beyond seven World Cups, will confront the Black Stars in Cape Coast on March 24, preceding the two groups conflict again at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja three days after the fact.
