By Mark Ogagan
Nigeria Super Eagles Head Coach, Jose Peseiro has explained why he opted not to include Glasgow Rangers striker, Cyriel Dessers in his Africa Cup of Nations squad of 25 players.
“We could have taken 27 players, but the Federation decided to go with 25, and I agreed because it is easy to manage this number. We first came up with 41 players, then the players who made the final list have been with us and they have shown good performance.
“For the ones who aren’t in the final squad, there are players who showed good performance for their clubs, but didn’t do well in the national team,” Peseiro disclosed.
Dessers has scored nine goals so far for Rangers in all competitions this season following his £4.3 million summer move from Cremonese, but has been ignored by the African football powerhouse.
Although he was named in Nigeria’s preliminary list, he didn’t make the final cut for the 25-man squad for the Finals which will be played in Cote d’Ivoire.
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