Eaglets Camp Opens Today In Abuja

The camp of the Under-17 Make National Team, otherwise known as Golden Eaglets, will open in the Federal Capital, Abuja today.

Head coach Manu Garba, who will work with assistants Emmanuel Amuneke and Nduka Ugbade and goalkeeper trainer Emeka Amadi, has already submitted a list of 50 players who will be involved in the first phase of screening.

Although the fixtures for next year’s African Under-17 Championship are yet to be realesed by CAF, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), general secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu said that the Federation was determined to give total support to the technical crew to raise a team that Nigerians would be proud of.

“As it is, the technical crew is starting from scratch. They will have to screen a lot of players and come up with those they feel are good enough to battle for shirts to represent Nigeria.

“As a Federation, we are determined that the new Under-17 Men’s Team msut do Nigeria proud. This is a project that must be approached with all seriousness, as there would be zero tolerance for age cheating”.

“This is a tournament in which Nigeria has lifted the World Cup three times previously, and also finished as runner-up three times. But we failed to even qualify for the last African Championship and that means we must make extra efforts this time,” said Amadu.