Izuchukwu Okosi
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Nigeria’s pre 2021 Africa Cup of Nations camp will open in the country’s capital, Abuja from next week Wednesday, December 29, Prime Business Africa scooped.
The camp will open with a total of 20 players out of the named 28 man squad reporting to the Eagles’ nest with the other eight based in England or Scotland expected to hit camp between January 3rd and 4th, 2022.
Most of the English clubs as well as Scottish sides parading key African players are reluctant to release them from travelling to Africa for the tournament.
The clubs cited the rise of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus disease as reason for their reservations.
There were futile moves made by the European clubs who tried to influence world governing body, FIFA, to have the 33rd edition of the fiesta cancelled.
However the Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe few days ago confirmed that the tournament will go on as planned.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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