Nigeria’s Olympic team are set to depart the country for an invitational tournament in Seoul, Korea, by May 29, according to Coach Samson Siasia.
Coach Siasia has also decided that domestic league players will no longer be released for mid-week games.
He has therefore declared that from Monday, May 9, he would no longer release any player from training camp to play for their clubs during Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) mid–week matches.
“I must confess that it has not been easy for me and my technical crew; a lot of the players we need to work with won’t report to camp as at when due because their club chairmen will always call me to beg that these players stay back to play mid –week games.
“I understand their plight that they need these players to do well in the League, but then we must draw a line between national interest and club interest. I have always built the foundation of my team on the home based players, so it is players I have at my disposal that I will work and plan with,” he said.
The former Super Eagles star disclosed he would soon release the names of foreign-based professionals expected to be part of the preparation.
Siasia had led the team to win the Under-23 Africa Nations Championship to become African Champions for the first time in 2015.
The top two finish also ensured that Nigeria qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
