Chelsea’s Ola Aina and Mikel Agu of Bursaspor have been dropped from the Super Eagles World Cup squad as Gernot Rohr released his final 23-man list for the competition on Sunday.
This was confirmed in a tweet by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
.@NGSuperEagles final 23 man list #SoarSuperEagles #Team9jaStrong pic.twitter.com/eaeEKLZ6vt
— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) June 3, 2018
Super Eagles World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba), Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA), Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP)
Defenders : William Troost-Ekong, Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/TUR), Leon Balogun (Brighton Hove Albion/ENG), Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea/ENG), Bryan Idowu (Amkar Perm/RUS), Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR), Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge/BEL), Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica/POR)
Midfielders: Mikel Obi (Tianjin Teda/CHN), Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR), John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG),Oghenekaro Etebo (CD Feirense/POR), Joel Obi (Torino FC/ITA)
Forwards: Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai/CHN), Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City/ENG), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG), Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone/ITA), Victor Moses (Chelsea/ENG).
Nigeria will play Croatia, Iceland and Argentina in the group stage of the World Cup.
