Flying Eagles pick Iheanacho, Isaac Success

Kelechi Iheanacho who won the Most Valuable Player of the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013, in the race for Most Promising Talent.

The best player at the 2013 Fifa Under-17 World Cup,Iheanacho who is no longer with Super Eagles, but now picked by flying Eagles told our during a chat that he feels very happy about to play for his new first foreign club Manchester  City and feels very privilege to work with the team.

Former player of Taye Academy in Owerri , Imo State revealed that becoming one of the best player among Golden Eaglets, was God who did it, there is no secret, nothing more, just to play good football  that all.

                                       

National Daily reporter who spoke with the young player from Man City said he doesn't know yet, if he will still go back to Super Eagles camp,before he was called to Flying Eagles.                                     

The longest Captain in his time, Big boss confirmed that Iheanacho will not come back to the clu,but wish he luck.                                                     

 Isaac Success  was also picked among  35-man provisional squad expected to reconvene on Sunday ahead of a 2015 African Youth Championship qualifier.

Iheanacho is on the books of Manchester City, while Success has just recently teamed up with Granada CF in Spain.

Several other overseas-based players including Musa Muhammed (Besiktas,Turkey), Chidiebere Nwakali (Manchester City, England), Chidera Eze (FC Porto, Portugal), Musa Yahaya (Celta Vigo, Spain) and Sunday Alampasu, who is undergoing trials in Belgium, are also picked.

The squad is made up of the bulk of the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup-winning squad.  

The full squad:

Goalkeepers: Sunday Alampasu, Adamu Abubakar, Abdulazeez Abubakar, Zaharadden Mohammed

Defenders: Samuel Okon, Aliyu Abubakar, Wilfred Ndidi, Prince Izu Omego, Timothy Danladi,Ifeanyi Nweke, Mazadu Sirajo, Mustapha Abdullahi, Musa Muhammed, Zaharaddeen Bello 

Midfielders: Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu,Ifeanyi Matthew, Mathias Samuel, Fedelix Irene, Uche Okeke, Chidiebere Nwakali

Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Alhassan Ibrahim, Bernard Bulbwa,Suleiman Abdullahi, Billy Auta, Abubakar Lawal, Wasiu Jimoh, Anthony Omaka,Umar Ahmed, Kelechi Iheanacho, Isaac Success, Musa Yahaya, Chidera Eze, Victory Omodiagbe       

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Golden Eaglets start screening in Abuja

World Cup Under-17 Champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are on the

march again as the screening of new players that would defend the

title won last year in the United Arab Emirates  begins in Abuja on

Thursday.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finalized arrangement for

the smooth take off of the usual gruelling exercise at the practice

pitch of the NFF/FIFA Goal Project Site.

Team Administrator, Tayo Egbaiyelo informed that players would be

called up in batches in order to create an enabling environment for

the coaching crew to pick the budding talents.

Speaking ahead of the exercise, Golden Eaglets' coach Emmanuel Amuneke

said he has combed the nooks and crannies of the country in the last

one month to fish out some raw talents.

The first batch of 35 players are  due in camp on Wednesday in order

to commence the screening on Thursday. More than 4000 players took

part in similar exercise before the 2013 World Cup-winning team was

assembled by coach Manu Garba  who was incidentally assisted by

Amuneke. The NFF recently promoted Garba and Nduka Ugbade to the

Under-20 team while leaving behind the duo of Amuneke and Emeka Amadi

(goalkeepers' trainer) to tinker with the Under-17s.

The 2015 CAN Under-17 Championship will be held in Niger. Golden

Eaglets are already drawn bye into the second round of the CAN Cadet

Championship by CAF  and would meet the winner of the First Round tie

between Burundi and Congo DR with the first leg scheduled for July

18-20 while the reverse fixture will be held between August 1-3.