Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U20 team, Nduka Ugbade has sensationally revealed that Manchester City starlet, Kelechi Iheanacho pleaded with head coach, Manu Garba to be included in Nigeria’s final squad for the 2015 Africa U20 championship in Senegal.
Iheanacho was initially ruled out of the competition after picking up an injury which was ratified by the Citizens.
The youngster recovered from the injury before suffering yet another setback but not before asking the coaching staff of the Flying Eagles if he could be drafted into the squad as a late inclusion.
“Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and some of the other players who are not here (in Senegal) actually pleaded with coach Manu if they could be included but he said no because they did not work with us in the final phase of our preparations.
“That is the hunger and desire they all displayed but the coach (Manu) has told them that if we qualify for the U20 World Cup, they will all be invited to fight for shirts,” Ugbade told supersport.com.
Meanwhile, the Flying Eagles have held their first training session in Senegal ahead of their opening game of the competition against the hosts, Senegal.
The team trained on Thursday evening at the Stade Iba Mar Diop, Dakar.
It (the training session) lasted 90 minutes and all 21 players trained fully.
Their last training before the Sunday showdown will take place on Saturday at the Stade Iba Mar Diop.
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