AFCON U-20: No nonsense Bosso drops 10 players over age discrepancies

The Nigerian under-20 workforce is gearing up for the AFCON event after lacking the occasion in 2021.

Ladan Bosso, the Flying Eagles coach, has despatched 10 gamers dwelling as a result of age discrepancies and falsified paperwork.

The 35-man squad was invited by the Nigerian Beneath-20 coach yesterday prematurely of the AFCON competitors that can happen subsequent month.

Nonetheless, the vast majority of the gamers on the checklist are from academies quite than the Nigerian League One and the Nigerian Skilled Soccer League (NPFL) (NLO).

A member of the workforce’s backroom workers revealed to Personal Objective that almost all of the elite league’s gamers have been found to be “above age” and a few had points with their paperwork in response to the query of why NPFL gamers did not dominate the workforce.

Nonetheless, in line with owngoal, six of the gamers who had twin passports with totally different ages have been additionally despatched packing.

It has been stated that the screening, scheduled for Monday, January 9, 2023, will contain a cautious examination of his boys as he will get them prepared for the competitors.

Most of those gamers who have been spectacular however “above age” have been screened out because the purpose continues to be to assemble a workforce for the long run.

Egypt will host the occasion, which is scheduled to happen from February 19 to March 11, 2023.