The Flying Eagles will be up against some top young talents from across the world even though several clubs refused to release some of these players for the U20 World Cup.
Présentation Giovanni Henrique 🇧🇷
— 𝑲𝑶𝑩𝑰 1⃣3⃣ (@kobi_OM) November 19, 2022
Age: 18 ans
Position : Ailier Droit/meneur de jeu
Club : Palmeiras 🇧🇷
Caractéristiques : fin dribbleur gaucher, pouvoir d’élimination, très prometteur.#TeamOM @OM_Officiel #MercatOM pic.twitter.com/X2aHPBXKhf
Nigeria’s Group D rivals Brazil will parade Chelsea loanee Andrey Santos, a midfielder, and the highly-rated Palmeiras forward Giovanni Henrique.
Andrey Santos, 19, got married last month and he is currently on loan at Vasco da Gama, while Henrique has been linked with various top European clubs since he debuted for the Palmeiras first team.
Palmeiras have four players on the final squad.
Brazil have named only four overseas-based professionals on their final squad to Argentina 2023.
All but one of the 21 players for Italy feature in their home country – Reading FC of England midfielder Cesare Casadei.
The Dominican Republic, who will take on the Flying Eagles in an opening group game in Mendoza next week Sunday, have named as many as nine professionals who ply their trade outside the Central American nation in countries like USA, Germany, Finland and Spain.
Their squad include Barcelona striker Derek Cuevas, 19.
This week they crashed 4-0 to tournament hosts Argentina in a World Cup warm-up game.
🚨OFFICIAL: Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Bashir Humphreys, Carney Chukwuemeka and Harvey Vale have been called up to the England squad for the U20 FIFA World Cup / 🏴#CFC
— Chelsea Express (@Chels_Express1) May 11, 2023
Via @England pic.twitter.com/C3L83ZElki
Interestingly, U20 world champions six years ago England have listed as many as three players with Nigerian roots on their own squad.
They are Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea), Samuel Edozie (Southampton) and Daniel Oyegoke (Brentford).
Chukwuemeka cost Chelsea 15 Million Pounds plus 5 Million Pounds add-ons from Aston Villa last summer.
Ademola Lookman, Dominic Solanke and Fikayo Tomori featured for the Young Three Lions when they won the 2017 U20 World Cup in style.
