Golden Eaglets coach Emmanuel Amuneke
has been backed to produced quality
players like the set of 2013 that won the
FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the United
Arab Emirates.
Amuneke who assisted Manu Garba in the
UAE, had on Wednesday, March 26 invited
35 players to an open screening camp
ahead of the 2015 African U-17
Championship qualifiers. Nigeria Football
Federation chief technical officer Siji
Lagunju expressed optimism that the
ongoing screening exercise been
conducted at the National Stadium Abuja
for the Golden Eaglets would yield
positive results.
“Although, we just started the screening
on Thursday, I can tell you that we have
seen some talents here that can be
trained to measure up to our standard.
“With this exercise, we hope to get a very
good team that can win the FIFA U-17
World Cup for the country,” he said.
The former Super Eagles striker expressed
optimism that the team’s present
technical crew would come out of the
screening with the best players for the
country.
“The present coach, Amuneke, was in the
technical crew which produced the 2013
FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning team, and I
am sure he won’t deviate from that
standard.
“He knows what it takes to do that and
he has been up there among the best.
So, he will do a good job,” he said.
Lagunju however declared that the
team’s camp was still open for hitherto-
uninvited players to display their talents,
even though some players had already
been sent home.
“When we started, we had over 500
players, and before the end of yesterday,
over 300 were sent back.
“Most of them are either over-age or not
talented, because the major criteria we
are using is being within the 17 years of
age and having talents of the game.
“But the camp is still open to players who
want to show us the stuff they have,” he
said.
He said the selected players will go into
closed door camping programme that will
come up in another two weeks.
“This first phase of the screening, which is
open, will last for two weeks after which
we will start the closed camping when
the players will be concentrated on.
has been backed to produced quality
players like the set of 2013 that won the
FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the United
Arab Emirates.
Amuneke who assisted Manu Garba in the
UAE, had on Wednesday, March 26 invited
35 players to an open screening camp
ahead of the 2015 African U-17
Championship qualifiers. Nigeria Football
Federation chief technical officer Siji
Lagunju expressed optimism that the
ongoing screening exercise been
conducted at the National Stadium Abuja
for the Golden Eaglets would yield
positive results.
“Although, we just started the screening
on Thursday, I can tell you that we have
seen some talents here that can be
trained to measure up to our standard.
“With this exercise, we hope to get a very
good team that can win the FIFA U-17
World Cup for the country,” he said.
The former Super Eagles striker expressed
optimism that the team’s present
technical crew would come out of the
screening with the best players for the
country.
“The present coach, Amuneke, was in the
technical crew which produced the 2013
FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning team, and I
am sure he won’t deviate from that
standard.
“He knows what it takes to do that and
he has been up there among the best.
So, he will do a good job,” he said.
Lagunju however declared that the
team’s camp was still open for hitherto-
uninvited players to display their talents,
even though some players had already
been sent home.
“When we started, we had over 500
players, and before the end of yesterday,
over 300 were sent back.
“Most of them are either over-age or not
talented, because the major criteria we
are using is being within the 17 years of
age and having talents of the game.
“But the camp is still open to players who
want to show us the stuff they have,” he
said.
He said the selected players will go into
closed door camping programme that will
come up in another two weeks.
“This first phase of the screening, which is
open, will last for two weeks after which
we will start the closed camping when
the players will be concentrated on.
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