Wednesday, 30 September 2015

NFF CONFIRMS EAGLETS WILL DEPART NIGERIA FOR ARGENTINA ON THURSDAY

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have confirm that the Golden Eaglets will depart Nigeria for  Argentina on Thursday to fine tune preparation for
FIFA U-17 World Cup after several delays of postponement.

NFF General secretary Mohammed Sanusi, said all logistics have been soughted out. 

The team of 25 players are expected to make the trip, which was previously delayed because of visa issues.

Nigeria are the defending U17 world champions and they are drawn in a first round group with hosts Chile, Croatia and United States of America.

They begin their title defence on October 17 against USA in Santiago. 

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