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New Super Eagles invitee, Alhassan Yusuf has arrived the team’s training camp in Abu Dhabi, BRL can confirm.
Yusuf arrived in the early hours Thursday (Nigeria time), after he was called up as replacement for the injured Wilfred Ndidi.
The 23 year-old Midfielder was named in the initial 41-man squad but did not make the subsequent final 25-man cut.
Alhassan Yusuf during the Jupiler Pro League match between KRC Genk and Royal Antwerp at the Cegeka Arena. (Photo by Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency/Getty Images).
Meanwhile, also confirmed are the arrivals of Umar Sadiq and first choice goalkeeper Francis Uzoho.
The trio bring the total number of players in Camp to 22 as at the time of publishing this story.
However, BRL has gathered that two more players are expected to arrive the camp later today.
Victor Osimhen is scheduled to join the team Thursday morning, while CB William Troost-Ekong will arrive much later in the day.
So far, Jose Peseiro has had a full day’s training session with the team and on Day 2 of the pre-AFCON camp, the Portuguese will lead the team on two scheduled closed-door practice sessions.
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