16 May 2011
Injured striker Emmanuel Emenike and Chibuzor Okonkwo, who is nursing an ankle injury, are in the Eagles squad for next months top games.
MTNFootball.com has again scooped that despite their injury problems both Emenike and Heartland defender Okonkwo remain very much a big part of coach Samson Siasias plans for the double-header against Argentina and Ethiopia in early June.
Both players will be fit and ready for the matches next month, simply disclosed a top team official.
Karabukspor of Turkey star Emenike has had a running battle with injuries since he made his Eagles debut against Sierra Leone in February.
He first suffered a shin injury against the Leone Stars in Lagos, and back in Turkey, he suffered a rib injury which has seen him out of action for the last couple of weeks. Okonkwo led the Eagles B team who fell short at the recent sub-regional WAFU nations Cup in Abeokuta.
The right back copped an ankle injury against Niger and this kept him out of both the semi-finals and final of the annual tournament.
Doctors have said he will be sidelined for at least two weeks.
In the main, Siasia is also keeping faith with most of the top stars who have featured for the country since he took over the team in December.
This means that goalkeepers Vincent Enyeama and Dele Aiyenugba as well as defenders Efe Ambrose, Joseph Yobo and Taye Taiwo are all on the squad as are Obinna Nsofor, Mikel Obi, Joel Obi, Peter Utaka, Ikechukwu Uche and Ahmed Musa.
