Cyriel Dessers, who last played for the Super Eagles a year ago against Ghana, is now set to be selected by coach Eric Chelle as one of the strikers for the upcoming must-win 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
As expected, Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface will be the top-choice strikers, while Dessers is now poised to be one of the two back-up players in the Super Eagles strike force.
Paul Onuachu and Tolu Arokodare made the provisional squad for these qualifiers, but last week Dessers made a strong claim for a place on the final list after he scored a goal and made an assist for his Scottish club Rangers to shock home team Fenerbache 3-1 in a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 clash.
As most Nigeria players are performing very well in their respective clubs, ERIC CHELLE SHOULD SELECTION HIS FINAL 23-MAN LIST base on QUALITY & POTENTIAL.
Although, there are some players that they didn’t deserve to be invited at first place like:
**BONIFACE (due to inability to prove himself despite given 12 matches played without a goal or make assist),
**ARIBO ( due to his sluggishness on the field of play on Africa soil)
**IHEANACHO (due to irregular playing time, warming bench for past two seasons ago)
**ONUACHU (due to his inability to adjust to playing pattern of super eagle team with NO RECOMMENDATION OF ONE MATCH PLAYED with good performance on the field of play since his inception into super eagle team)
**OKOYE ( serving suspension for more than two months due to involvement in BET)
** AKOR (not yet play for past past two months since his transfer to new club, Sevilla).
AND I PRAY THAT ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE ERIC CHELLE TO INCLUDE ANY ONE OF THESE PLAYERS MENTIONED ABOVE, SUPER EAGLE WILL NOT MAKE IT/QUALIFY FOR WORLD CUP
BECAUSE, the FIRST PURPOSE WHY Eric Chelle was employed, is to select/invite players based on MERIT ( NOT BY SENTIMENT, FAVOURISM, QUOTA SYSTEM OR COLLECTING BRIBE FROM PLAYERS BEFORE BEING SELECTED, JUST LIKE 89% OF NIGERIA COACHES DOES)
#### BEST REGULAR PLAYERS BASED ON CURRENT FORM, QUALITY, POTENTIAL ( without EGO, SENIORITY or SENTIMENT)###
1. NWABILI – ADELEYE — OBASOGIE
2. AINA. — OSAYI
3. BRUNO. — JORDAN
4. ONYEDIKA — NDIDI — ONYEKA
5. BASSEY — OSHO
6. LOOKMAN — TELLA
8. DESSERS. — SADIG
9. OSIMHEN
10. IWOBI — ANTHONY DENNIS — BASIRU
11. EJUKE — SIMON
### STANDBY ####
ZAIDU
OGBU
MUSA
CHUKWUEZE
AROKODARE
CHRISANTUS
@@@ .. players to BE DROPPED @@@
OKOYE, BANKOLE. IFEANYI. ARIBO. PAPA-DANIEL, IHEANACHO, BONIFACE, ONUACHU, AKOR, AL-HASSAN