Oliseh excludes Ighalo, Moses for Tanzania game


Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh                          
Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, on Monday shockingly
excluded Watford striker, Odion Ighalo, and Chelsea’s Victor
Moses from his list of 18 overseas-based players invited for
next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against
Tanzania.
The 18 overseas-based players are expected to arrive in the
Eagles’ camp in Abuja on Monday, August 31, ahead of the
match billed for Dar es Salaam on September 5. They will join
the 23 home-based players, who arrived in camp on Monday.
Ighalo is one of the most potent strikers in England in the last
one year, scoring 20 goals last season to help Watford return to
the English Premier League, and then scoring on his debut,
against Everton, in the EPL. The former Udinese man also
scored in the Eagles’ 2-0 defeat of Chad in an AFCON qualifier in
Kaduna in June.
Oliseh left out Chelsea forward Moses, who had a nice time on
loan at Stoke City, before impressing in pre-season with the
Blues, but handed surprise first call-ups to Russia-based duo of
Sylvester Igbonu (FC Ufa) and Izunna Uzochukwu (Amkar
Perm), as well as 29-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers
goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.
In-form Esperance striker, Emem Eduok, who scored on his
international debut in November last year, and 20-year-old Gent
forward, Moses Simon, who made his debut in a friendly game
against Uganda in May, returned to the squad.
Captain of the 2007 U-17 World Cup-winning Golden Eaglets,
Haruna Lukman, who last played for the Eagles at the 2010
World Cup, also got an opportunity to revive his international
career. His teammate at cadet level, Rabiu Ibrahim, who
returned to the Eagles in the match against Chad, after a long
time out in the international wilderness, made the team
alongside Torino midfielder Joel Obi, Al Ain striker Emmanuel
Emenike and Anthony Ujah, the Werder Bremen forward.
But missing out is Chelsea midfielder Obi Mikel, Brown Ideye
(West Bromwich Albion), and Elderson Echiejile (Monaco). The
trio has not been consistent for their clubs recently and their
exclusion may not come as a surprise, as Oliseh had warned
that benchwarmers would not be a part of his team.
Lazio’s Ogenyi Onazi misses the tie after he was handed a two-
match ban by CAF for his red card in the game against Chad.
Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama made the list alongside defenders
Leon Balogun, Godfrey Oboabona and Kenneth Omeruo.
The full list
Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Lille OSC, France); Carl Ikeme
(Wolverhampton Wanderers, England)
Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); Kingsley
Madu (AS Trencin, Slovakia); Godfrey Oboabona (Caykur
Rizespor, Turkey); William Troost-Ekong (FK Haugesund,
Norway); Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa SK, Turkey)
Midfielders: Joel Obi (Torino FC, Italy); Izunna Uzochukwu (FC
Amkar Perm, Russia); Obiora Nwankwo (Coimbra FC, Portugal);
Lukman Haruna (Anzhi Machatsjkala, Russia); Rabiu Ibrahim
(AS Trencin, Slovakia)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emem Eduok
(Esperance ST, Tunisia); Emmanuel Emenike (Al Ain, UAE); Anthony
Ujah (Werder Bremen, Germany); Sylvester Igboun (FC UFA, Russia);
Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium)
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