Flying Eagles head coach, Paul Aigbogun has named his final 21-man squad for the FIFA U -20 World Cup in Poland.
Aigbogun kept faith with some of the players that took fourth position at the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Niger Republic in February.
Skipper of the side, Ikouwem Udoh, Olawale Oremade, Valentine Ozornwafor, Igho Ogbu and Effiom Maxwell all made the team.
Highly rated Perugia of Italy midfielder Kingsley Michael, Manchester City starlet Tom Dele-Bashiru, Bournemouth’s Nnamdi Ofobor and Henry Offia are some of the new players in the squad.
The team tackles Austrian club, Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian city of Salzburg in a friendly game on Tuesday evening.
The squad’s final pre-World Cup friendly will be against Red Bull Leipzig in Germany on Friday, with the delegation to fly out of Germany to Tychy on Sunday.
The Flying Eagles will play Qatar, the United States of America and Ukraine in that order at the championship in Poland, with their first game against Qatar in Tychy on 24th May.

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