9 Foreign-Born Stars Including Lawal Among 26 Players Training With Eagles Pre-Algeria

Published: October 06, 2020

The Super Eagles have stepped up their preparations for the upcoming friendly against Algeria with a training session held on Tuesday morning in Austria, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

All the twenty-four players named to the revised roster have reported for international duty, with former Leicester City star Ahmed Musa and in-form Racing Genk striker Paul Onuachu the last two players to arrive at the Super Eagles Hotel die Zeit an der Glan.

Two players in the shape of Hoffenheim's Kevin Akpoguma and the 2000-born goalkeeper Tobias Lawal have been added to the group ahead of the friendly against the African champions, bringing the total number of players in camp to twenty-six.

Apart from Akpoguma and Lawal, seven other players classed as foreign-born players are with the team, namely Maduka Okoye, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong, Ola Aina, Semi Ajayi, Tyronne Ebuehi and Cyriel Dessers.

With the arrival of Musa and Onuachu, Rohr will have the full complement of players for his next training session.

The workout on Tuesday morning lasted for approximately one and a half hours, the players were split into two groups for a training game after the drills.

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