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Leicester City trio named in Nigeria’s 25-man provisional squad for the world cup

By Harneet Singh Sethi

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 09: Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Arsenal at The King Power Stadium on May 9, 2018 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 09: Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Arsenal at The King Power Stadium on May 9, 2018 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) /
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Leicester City trio Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Ahmed Musa have all been named in Nigeria’s 25-man provisional squad for the FIFA World Cup.

Earlier, it was feared that Ndidi might not be able to make it to Russia, but he has recently returned to training with the Super Eagles and is now expected to be fit in time to board the flight.

With only five days remaining until FIFA’s deadline for the final 23-man list, there will be a couple more players who will miss out, though none of Leicester City’s players would be among them.

Iheanacho, Musa and Ndidi are all extremely important to their national side, and unless, of course, they are not fully fit, there’s no chance they’d be out of the squad.

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Here’s the complete 25-man list:

Goalkeepers

Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa)

Defenders

William Troost-Ekong and Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor, Turkey); Tyronne Ebuehi (Ado Den Haag, Netherlands); Olaoluwa Aina (Hull City, England); Elderson Echiejile (Cercle Brugge KSV, Belgium); Bryan Idowu (Amkar Perm, Russia); Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC, France); Leon Balogun (Brighton, England); Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa, Turkey)

BARNET, ENGLAND – MARCH 27: Wilfred Ndidi of Nigeria pictured ahead of the International Friendly match between Nigeria and Serbia at The Hive on March 27, 2018 in Barnet, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
BARNET, ENGLAND – MARCH 27: Wilfred Ndidi of Nigeria pictured ahead of the International Friendly match between Nigeria and Serbia at The Hive on March 27, 2018 in Barnet, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) /

Midfielders

Mikel John Obi (Tianjin Teda, China); Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor, Turkey); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Oghenekaro Etebo (Las Palmas, Spain); John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel); Joel Obi (Torino, Italy), Mikel Agu (Bursaspor, Turkey)

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Forwards

Ahmed Musa (Leicester City, England); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Victor Moses (Chelsea, England); Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai, China); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal, England); Simeon Nwankwo (Crotone, Italy).

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