Twenty players will feature in the Super Eagles second training today in Polokwane ahead of Friday’s crunch 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lesotho.
According to the NFF, a total of 18 players were in the team’s The Ranch Hotel as at Tuesday night, with Portugal-based defender Zaidu Sanusi and Spain-based forward Jerome Akor Adams set to join the group Wednesday.
United States of America-based midfielder Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi is expected to land in South Africa on Thursday.
Coach Eric Chelle has had to tinker the team following injuries to defender Bright Osayi-Samuel and forward Cyriel Dessers, bringing in Sanusi and Crystal Palace of England’s Christantus Uche.
Injury to wing-back Felix Agu had cut the squad from 23 to 22.
