Nigerian midfielder, Sunday Mba has expressed happiness at making the 24-man list of the Super Eagles for Saturday’s 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier against the Harambee Stars of Kenya.
The AFCON 2013 hero is a subject of an intense transfer tussle between Enugu Rangers and Warri Wolves – a development that led to national team head coach, Stephen Keshi to reveal that he might drop the player if the controversy was not resolved on time.
However, Mba has now been included in Keshi’s final squad alongside eight other stars from the NPFL and 15 overseas-based players.
“I am pleased and relieved to have made the list. As always I will give 200 percent. Now the next step is to work hard in training and hope I get selected by the coach to play on Saturday,” Mba said.
Nigeria’s 24-man squad for Kenya
Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel); Austin Ejide (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel), Chigozie Agbim (Warri Wolves)
Defenders: Efe Ambrose (Celtic FC, Scotland); Elderson Echiejile (FC Braga, Portugal); Kenneth Omeruo (ADO Den Haag, The Netherlands), Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves), Godfrey Oboabona (Sunshine Stars); Benjamin Francis (Heartland); Solomon Kwambe (Sunshine Stars)
Midfielders: John Obi Mikel (Chelsea FC, England); Ogenyi Onazi (SS Lazio, Italy); Fegor Ogude (Valerenga FC, Norway); Gabriel Reuben (Kano Pillars); Sunday Mba (unattached); John Ogu (Academica de Coimbra, Portugal)< /p>
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kyiv,Ukraine); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC, England); Babatunde Michael (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine); Nnamdi Oduamadi (A.S Varese 1910 FC, Italy); Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders, USA); Gambo Mohammed (Kano Pillars); Obinna Nwachukwu (Heartland)
Dose that mean uche’s, Osazie & the Emenike could not make it . Good luck & no thanks to injuries
That guy well.not make it to that level cos there was some kind of selfish interest oseze uche all of them not in the team why or because they don’t offer u money or they don’t call u on the phone to show some respect poor u