Officials have informed SCORENigeria that players who record MRI age test of beyond Grade 4 will no longer be accommodated in the Golden Eaglets as the team move to ensure they are not disqualified from the U17 AFCON qualifiers in Benin next month.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have announced that as part of their zero tolerance to age cheating any team whose player failed the age test will also be disqualified.
Had that policy been in place two years ago, the Eaglets as a whole would have been sent packing from the U17 AFCON WAFU B qualifiers in Niger, where skipper Sani Abacha and two other players did not scale the age test in Niamey.
“The minimum allowed now for a player is Grade 4 and not Grade 5,” a top official informed SCORENigeria
“The team are not ready to take any chances because the disqualification of a single player from now on will mean the elimination of the whole team.”
Botswana and Tswani have already fallen victim of the latest CAF ruling after they were sent packing from the U17 AFCON qualifiers for COSAFA recently on the back of some of their players failing the age test.
