Coach Stephen Keshi has revealed that he will open the Super Eagles camp for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at home against Chad in Abuja in mid May.
The Big Boss, who recently signed a new deal that will keep him till 2018, explained that early preparation was necessary. The Super Eagles have been grouped with Egypt, Chad and Tanzania for a slot in the 2017 AFCON championship in Gabon.
Keshi explained that camping for the home-based players will be opened in time for his preparations to begin in earnest. “We need to start camping next month by the special grace of God because time is not on our side again, since the fixtures for the AFCON 2017 qualifiers have been released by CAF,” Keshi said. “We will definitely start off with the players based here in Nigeria and move on until the required time the overseas clubs can release our players
for us.”
“The camp is expected to kick off middle of May since we will be playing our first qualifying match at home in Abuja to Chad on June 13. So the players are expected to start arriving camp after their league matches on Saturday, May 16. So we should expect them to be available on Sunday, May 17,” Keshi added.
Keshi is expected to submit his programme to the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation this week.
