Manchester United Whizkid Among Three Nigeria-Eligible Strikers Named To Netherlands U17 Provisional Roster

Published: March 12, 2020

The Royal Dutch Football Association has announced the Netherlands U17 provisional roster for their upcoming 2020 European Championship qualifiers against Germany, Portugal and Austria, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

Highly-rated Manchester United striker Dillon Hoogewerf has been included in the preliminary list by manager
Peter van der Veen despite the fact he is recovering from injury.

Hoogewerf has not featured for the Red Devils youth teams since suffering a hamstring problem against Leeds United in the FA Youth Cup in which he was replaced in the 76th minute, sixteen minutes after netting the winner.

Joining Hoogewerf on the 35-man roster are two other strikers of Nigerian descent in former Manchester United starlet now at RB Leipzig Noah Ohio and Sparta Rotterdam's Emanuel Emegha.

Ohio and Emegha would become provisionally cap-tied to the Netherlands if they play in any of the games in March.

While the triple-eligible Ohio has played non-binding games for Netherlands U15 and U16, and England U16 teams, Emegha has been capped at U15 level by the Netherlands.

Estonia will host the 2020 U17 EURO with 16 countries participating in the tournament. Netherlands are the defending champions.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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