The Super Eagles were dumped out of the World Cup by Argentina on Tuesday with Marcos Rojo firing home a late winner to send Musa and fellow Foxes Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi home.
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Former Chelsea player Yuri Zhirkov, CSKA Moscow trio Igor Akinfeev, Alan Dzagoev and Aleksandr Golovin and reported West Ham target Fedor Smolov are all included.
Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa delivered a match-winning performance to wrap up his loan spell in Russia.
The railwaymen needed the Nigerian to draw them level in the 73rd minute before he added a second five minutes from full time to hand them a 2-1 win, which keeps their hope of qualifying of next season UEFA Champions League alive.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Musa, who played the entire 90 minutes in the game, laid the ball for Victor Vitinho’s opening goal a minute before half time
Sunday’s outing was the fifth in the League for Musa, who made a loan switch from Leicester City to CSKA Moscow during the last transfer window
The Magpies have lost just once since January to climb into the top half of the table, 10 points clear of the relegation zone and just two short of the magic 40 mark
The Gunners survived a scare to eventually beat CSKA Moscow 6-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and will now take on Atleti in the toughest possible semi-final draw.
The Gunners led 4-1 from the first leg but were made to work hard for their passage through in the end, as the Red-Blues moved to within one goal early in the second half
The Gunners, fresh from a solid result in the Europa League, face up against a Southampton side who are craving a win to ignite their Premier League survival push
The Welshman and the French striker will likely take most of the plaudits following a resounding win at the Emirates, although Mesut Ozil was the unsung hero as he played a crucial part in all four goals to help hand the Gunners a commanding lead going into the second leg.
Musa, who is on loan from Leicester City, spoke after he passed the medical
The 25-year-old Nigeria international moved from CSKA to Leicester for a club-record £18.2 million fee in 2016
The 25-year-old Nigeria international moved from CSKA to Leicester for a club-record £18.2 million fee in 2016
The £16 million signing, who was a record buy in the summer of 2016 from CSKA Moscow, has fallen down the pecking order at the King Power Stadium and Puel admits he has too many forwards in his squad.
The Group A leaders were all but guaranteed a place in the knockout stages before kickoff, although they could have still mathematically – if not realistically – missed out in a three-way playoff with Basel and CSKA
The victory strengthened their push to reach the knockout stages while shattering the Portuguese side’s chances
Man United had a lot of the ball in the early moments, and the Red Devils took the lead inside the first four minutes when Martial’s brilliant cross was headed home by Lukaku, who had risen above Ignashevich at the far post
The announcement came via the Super Eagles Twitter handle
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.