Nigeria coach Stephen
Keshi will next week defend his 35-man provisional squad for the World Cup in
Brazil, officials announced.
Top NFF official Chris Green told
MTNfootball.com the Eagles coach will defend his World Cup provisional list
before the technical committee.
"Keshi will present his list in the first
week of April before the technical committee in Abuja," stated Green, who
is the NFF technical committee chairman.
"He may not be presenting a 30-man list as
speculated, but a 35-man list. And we expect him to defend the inclusion of
every player in the list because the World Cup is not a tea party.
"We are
monitoring our world cup opponents, we have got some tips about them, we have
people monitoring them to get more information about them.
“The World Cup
is the greatest football competition in the world and we are working hard in
the federation to make impact.
"We therefore expect him to bring forward
the best legs the country has, but we would not influence his selection, so whoever
he chooses, he must defend before the committee next week.”
All 32 World Cup
finalists are expected to submit a 30-man provisional squad latest May 13 to
FIFA.
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