Nwaneri tipped to make Three Lions’ squad

•Tuchel unveils team today

Arsenal star, Ethan Nwaneri, who is being courted by both Nigeria and England, is one of the young players tipped to be included in the Three Lions’ Manager, Thomas Tuchel’s squad for the 2026 World Cup qualifying games against Latvia and Albania on March 21 and 24 respectively.

Arsenal’s exciting 17-year-old Nwaneri has scored eight goals in 30 games in his debut season, and is attracting high praise from pundits, team-mates and his manager, Mikel Arteta.
 
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) recently said that it was working on the boy, whose parents are Nigerians, but he was not included in Eric Chelle’s squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers, giving room to speculations that he either turned down Super Eagles’ overtures or that the NFF has not approached him.

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