Super Eagles’ Abu Dhabi camp opens January 2

Super Eagles’ Coach, Jose Peseiro

• ‘Decision to make Osimhen captain rests with Peseiro’

The Super Eagles will begin their final preparations for the forthcoming Cote d’Ivoire 2024 Africa Cup of Nations on January 2 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said.

Chukwu said that Peseiro must have seen something outstanding in Osimhen to nurse the ambition of giving him the captain’s armband.
 
“Peseiro is close to all the players and knows what each and everyone of them can do in different situations. So, it is up to him to decide what to do with the players,” he said.

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