The pacy forward grabbed a brace in Nigeria’s 2-3 loss to former World champions at the Estádio Beira-Rio, Praia de Belas, Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Musa is hoping his off-field business will yield greater success after a underwhelming first season in Leicester, followed by an equally disappointing start to his second campaign in England.
Musa has only featured for City in the Carabao Cup win at Sheffield United this season but he is in the Super Eagles’ squad for their World Cup qualifier against Zambia on Saturday.
While Ndidi was on for the entire 90 minutes, Iheanacho came on for Shinji Okazaki in the 74th minute of the tie
The Nigerian players played significant role for the Super Eagles in the routing of Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier
Reports claim Burnley are offering Premier League rivals Leicester a hefty loan fee to take Musa on a season-long deal.
The Tigers have been frequently linked with the Nigeria international this summer with Musa having played under Slutsky for four years at former club CSKA Moscow.
The Tigers’ odds of recruiting the Nigeria international have been slashed to 3-1 with various bookies, placing Hull at the top of the market ahead of West Brom and previous favourites Fenerbahce.
Musa’s teammate, Jamie Vardy, has also been linked with the Turkish giants.
The England international, who was linked to Arsenal this time last year, took time to find his shooting boots but eventually scored 18 goals in 50 appearances last season
Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, opted for Chippa United netminder, Daniel Akpeyi, and will field a back four of William Troost-Ekong, Chidozie Awaziem, Abdullahi Shehu and Elderson Echiejile
The 24-year-old was limited to just 10 starts in the top flight and Champions League, with his main contribution coming during an FA Cup fixture against Everton
On Monday, 21 of the 24 invited players, alongside technical crew and backroom staff, arrived at their familiar Le Meridien Hotel and Golf Resort, Uyo ambience, and training sessions began in earnest on Tuesday ahead of the big encounter
Just after three minutes from kick off, the Eagles opened scoring through Ahmed Musa, who tapped in the ball after Togo’s goalkeeper spilled Alex Iwobi’s cross
Leicester City duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Ahmed Musa visited Braunstone Community Primary School to lift the pupils spirits after…
Onazi joined Trabzonspor from Lazio over the summer and has gone onto become a key player for the Turkish giants
The Nigerian has had a difficult week after being questioned by police last week
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Musa has made only 13 starts for Leicester all season, just seven of which have come in the Premier League
A statement from Leicester on Thursday said Musa would be asked to explain what happened when he is due back in for training on Friday
The £16.6 million footballer was taken to a police station where he was questioned on suspicion of common assault
The 20-year-old Nigeria international joined the Premier League champions from Belgian side, Genk, in January and has been a first-team regular since