Lagerback Unveils Nigeria’s 30-Man World Cup Squad

Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback will today unveil a 30-man provisional list of the Nigerian senior national side for this year’s FIFA World Cup slated for South Africa.

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) spokesman, Ademola Olajire who made this known, Saturday said Lagerback was expected back in Abuja from Europe yesterday to name the squad Monday evening, at a press conference.

He said the 30-man list would be sent off on May 20 at a gala night in Abuja and leave the following day for England for their training at the Five Lakes  and Golf Country Club, Colchester Road, Tolleshunt Knights, Maidon, Essex.

He said the Eagles will play Saudi Arabia on May 25 in Austria and face Colombia May 30 in London.

Their final warm-up will be against North Korea on June 4 in South Africa.

The final 23-man squad will be announced on May 31 in London for submission to FIFA on June 1.

The Tide sources hinted that FIFA’s deadline for the submission of the provisional list of 30 players is May 11 while the final 23-man list was fixed for June 1.

Meanwhile, President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire has conferred the country’s honour on the heads of football federations of the six African countries going to the World Cup in South Africa. NFF President Sani Lulu and his counterparts from Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa,  Cote d’Ivoire and Algeria received the “Officer of the National Order of Cote d’Ivoire’’.