How the newly invited Super Eagles winger surprised Chelle with his pace

Nigeria senior national team coach Eric Chelle has included three surprise names in his player list for the upcoming friendly tournament in Türkiye, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.

The initial plan was for the tournament to be held in Jordan, but it has been moved to Türkiye due to the escalation of violence in the Middle East due to the war between Israel and Iran.

Nigeria, who will not be in the world cup, will use the tournament to begin the second phase of the team’s rebuild under Eric Chelle, who led the team to a third-place finish at the AFCON in January.

They will open their tournament campaign against Iran on March 27, while Jordan will face Costa Rica in the other match of the tournament.

According to the organizer, the final round of games will be played on March 31, with Nigeria against Jordan and Iran against Costa Rica.

Chelle, who led the team to a third-place finish at the AFCON in January, has already submitted the player list for the tournament to the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), and it was made public earlier.

As we exclusively reported, the coach invited three new players: Emmanuel Fernández from the Scottish Rangers, Philip Otele from the Belgian Hamburg and Yira Sor from the Belgian Genk.

Sor is ranked among the fastest players in Europe and Chelle was impressed when he saw him in a recent league match. It is the new extreme that we reported yesterday.

“Sor has blistering pace and that left Chelle stunned. The coach thinks he is the fastest player he has seen in a long time. Nigerians will love him because he is very exciting,” said a source.

Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman