Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr says it won’t be an easy task to drop at least one of the strikers in the final 23-man list for the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt as the team has a lot of in-form attackers.
Rohr had earlier listed 10 exciting strikers in his initial list for the Nations Cup, including China-based Odion Ighalo; top scorer of the AFCON qualifying tournament as well as assistant captain Ahmed Musa of Al Nassar FC and the duo of Alexander Iwobi of Arsenal and Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City.
Others include Moses Simon of Levante; Samuel Kalu of Girondins Bordeaux; Henry Onyekuru of Galatasaray; Paul Onuachu of FC Midtjylland, Samuel Chukwueze of Villarreal FC, Spain and Victor Osimhen who scored an impressive 20 goals for his Belgian side Royal Charleroi SC.
“It is always great to have these great players to work with, but the sleepless night for me would come between the night of 8th June and the morning of 9th June in Asaba after the friendly match against Zimbabwe when I have to drop two players from the 25-man provisional list,” Rohr stated.
“It’s always a hard thing to do but it has to be done because I would have to leave out at least one of the strikers.
“But, we are going to put a lot of things into consideration especially their performance after one week of training and performance in the friendly match against Zimbabwe before taking a final decision,” Rohr concluded.
