Manu invites 19 Eaglets to Flying Eagles camp

The national U21 handler has beckoned on the services of some of his boys from the all conquering Golden Eaglets to battle for a place in the Flying Eagles

Coach Manu Garba has invited 19 members of the World Cup winning Golden Eaglets to compete for a place in the Flying Eagles squad ahead of their 2015 African Youth Championship qualifiers slated for May.

Dele Alampasu tops the list of the players expected in the U-21 training camp in Abuja. Others include Wilfred Ndidi, Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu, Saviour Godwin, Aliyu Abubakar, Chigozie Obasi, Dennis Okon Nya and Zaraddeen Bello.

Also in the list are Abdulazeez Abubakar, Prince Izu Omego, Clement Ogbobe, Ifeanyi Matthew, Emmanuel Asadu, Prince Bonkat, Mustapha Abdullahi, Nafiu Kabuga, Ahmed Umar, Bernard Bulbwa and Chinedu Enedemu.

They are expected to team up with the other 35 players who were picked from a two-week open trial in Abuja on Wednesday.

Nigeria will face either Kenya or Tanzania in May for the 2015 African Youth Championship qualifiers