In a bid to boost the morale of the Flying Eagles ahead of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand, reports say the Nigeria Football Federation has paid the camp allowance of the team.
Each player was paid
the sum of $2000 for the duration of the training tour the team embarked on in
Germany.
The reigning African
Youth Championship title holders have been camping in Nurnberg for the past 19
days in preparation for the World Youth Championship.
The boys played series
of friendlies winning against the U-23 teams of Hoffenheim, Freiburg and
Nurnberg.
Flying Eagles are due
to jet to out of Nurnberg tonight via a flight to Dubai before connecting to
Australia and then New Zealand.
The competition is due
to take place in New Zealand from 30th May to 20th June.
Coach Manu Garba named
striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Moses Simon who
plays for Belgian side, KAA Gent in his squad.
Nigeria's squad boasts
of several youngsters - Kingsley Sokari, Musa Yahaya, Chidera Ezeh, Ojo
Olorunleke, Dele Alampasu, Saviour Godwin, Issac Success, Musa Muhammed,
Ifeanyi Matthew, Mustapha Abdullahi, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Idowu Akinjide,
Zaharadeen Bello, Izu Omego, Onyinye Ndidi, Bernard Bulbwa and Chidiebere
Nwakali.
The likes of Samuel
Okon, Abdulganiyu Saheed, Abdullahi Alfa, Alhassan Abdullahi, Wasiu Jimoh,
Adamu Abubakar, Monsuru Bashiru, Usman Saleh and Christian Pyagbara were axed
by the technical crew led by Coach Manu Garba.
Nigeria has been drawn
in Group E alongside Brazil, North Korea and Hungary.
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