Coach Manu Garba Names Four Marquee Players To Fifa Under 20 World Cup Roster

With 15 days left before the start of the Fifa Under 20 World Cup, Coach Manu Garba has named the 21 players that will represent the national team in the prestigious tourney.

The squad list will no longer be subject to changes when it is sent to Fifa before midnight which is the deadline given to all associations to submit their rosters.

After working with the same set of players for more than two years, coach Manu Garba has picked 3 goalkeepers, 6 defenders, 7 midfielders and 5 strikers .

As expected and exclusively reported by allnigeriasoccer.com, the Flying Eagles so - called marquee players - Moses Simon (Gent), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Isaac Success (Granada ) and Musa Yahaya (Tottenham Hotspur)- have been selected.

They are joined by the likes of Taiwo Awoniyi, Chidera Ezeh and Bernard Bulbwa, whose goal against Senegal at the AYC final obviously gave him his ticket to New Zealand.

From the shirt numbering also released on Friday afternoon, one can deduce that MFN goalkeeper Joshua Enaholo will be in goal for the opening fixture in Group E against Brazil while Musa Mohammed, Mustapha Abdullahi, Wilfred Ndidi and Izu Omego will protect the Flying Eagles defense.

Nigeria will face Hungary in their final group game on June 7, three days after locking horns with North Korea.

Nigeria 21 - man squad

Goalkeepers: Joshua Enaholo (MFM FC); Dele Alampasu (Football College Academy); Olorunleke Ojo (Giwa FC)

Defenders: Musa Muhammed (FC Heart Academy); Mustapha Abdullahi (Spotlight FC); Zaharaddeen Bello (Dabo Babes Academy); Wilfred Ndidi (KRC Genk, Belgium); Izu Omego (Apapa Golden Stars); Chidiebere Nwakali (Manchester City, England)

Midfielders: Akinjide Idowu (Nigeria Young Academy); Ifeanyi Ifeanyi (Water FC); Kingsley Sokari (Enyimba FC); Ifeanyi Mathew (El-Kanemi Warriors); Musa Yahaya (Tottenham FC, England); Bernard Bulbwa (Esperance ST, Tunisia); Godwin Saviour (FC Sports)

Forwards: Taiwo Awoniyi (Imperial Academy); Chidera Ezeh (FC Porto, Portugal); Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City, England); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium); Success Isaac (Granada FC, Spain)