Guardian

COACH Stephen Keshi may invite new players to replace those, who have withdrawn from the Super Eagles’ games in June due to injury, an official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disclosed.

The Eagles, who play a friendly against Mexico in the US next week, will meet Kenya in Nairobi on June 6 in a crucial World Cup qualifier before heading to Brazil for the Confederations Cup.

However, some key players, including Reuben Gabriel, Emmanuel Emenike, Kalu Uche and Victor Moses, have all withdrawn from the game due to injury.

According to an NFF source, who pleaded anonymity, Keshi may invite new players to fill some gaps created by the absence of some of these players to ensure that nothing stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the World Cup.

“Keshi will meet with members of the technical committee to examine the situation after the friendly against Mexico. He is at the moment not thinking of inviting any new –player, but that depends on the performance of some of the stars.

“He has said that he is satisfied with the players he has in camp, but he also admitted that some players would be called to join the team if three players on trial failed to deliver.”

Although the source did not name the players on trial, he disclosed that Keshi told the NFF he would  monitor the performance of some of the strikers and midfielders in the game against Mexico.