Home Based Super Eagles are scheduled to commence preparation for the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco’s political and administrative capital, Rabat.
Impeccable sources confirmed that assistant Super Eagles coach, Salisu Yusuf, will lead the CHAN Eagles to a two-week camping to Rabat, before the kick-off the 2018 CHAN also to be staged in Morocco.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have an agreement with their Moroccan counterparts as regards training programmes between the two countries and that was what was used when the Super Eagles trained in Morocco prior to a final of the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Algeria earlier this month.
“The CHAN Eagles will train for about two weeks in Rabat before the tournament begins also in Morocco,” an official informed only scorenigeria.com.
The Eagles ’B’ team, who are handled by coach Salisu Yusuf, will also feature in an expanded NPFL Super 4 in Kano from December 11 to 17 as part of their build-up to Morocco 2018 as the new league season will begin on January 14.
The Eagles are drawn in a first round group in Tangier along with 2014 champions Libya, Equatorial Guinea and Rwanda.
Nigeria begin their campaign on January 15 against Rwanda in Tangier.
Nigeria placed third on their CHAN debut in 2014 in South Africa, but failed to go beyond the group stage in Rwanda two years later.
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