Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has completed a permanent move to Udinese.
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Other Nigerian players that will have a feel of the new manager are; Samuel Kalu and Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Okoye, 22, was a £5m signing from Dutch side, Sparta Rotterdam in January.
The Hornets have confirmed that 10 Nigerian players have been kept on ahead of the start of pre-season preparations
Victor Osimhen led Nigeria’s attack while Francis Uzoho replaced Maduka Okoye in goal.
The Super Eagles will play the Black Stars in a two-legged encounter with the winner securing one of the five slots on the African continent.
Okoye who was among players still being expected will now sit out the two-legged affair set for the Baba Yara Sports Stadium this Friday and the Moshood Abiola Stadium next week Tuesday.
Eguavoen was further used to justify the fact that there are good indigenous coaches who only needed to be given a chance.
Among them are rested goalkeeper Maduka Okoye; defender Kenneth Omeruo; winger Moses Simon and striker Taiwo Awoniyi.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Moses Simon from FC Nantes of France was the latest to hit the camp.
Okoye has joined Watford on-loan from Sparta Rotterdam.
Okoye, 22, has signed a five-and-a-half year contract with the Premier League club, which will begin on January 1, 2022.
According to Rheinische Post, as per voetbalprimeur, Nice authorities have begun talks with his management.
Camp sources hinted that axing the goalie against may not unconnected with his late arrival to camp.
Skipper Ahmed Musa, deputy skipper William Ekong and goalkeepers Francis Uzoho and Daniel Akpeyi had arrived, alongside defenders Kevin Akpoguma, Jamilu Collins, Chidozie Awaziem, Leon Balogun, Calvin Bassey, Olaoluwa Aina, Abdullahi Shehu and Kenneth Omeruo.
Victory shot the Eagles to six points, three more than second –placed Liberia, with Cape Verde and Central African Republic stuck at the bottom of the table with one point each.
Cape Verde drew the first blood in the 17th minute with a well-taken shot after a striker found himself free with goalkeeper Maduka Okoye.
Franco-German Rohr has stuck largely with his dependables as the race to Qatar begins, with goalkeepers Maduka Okoye and Francis Uzoho, defenders William Ekong, Abdullahi Shehu, Chidozie Awaziem and Leon Balogun, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Oghenekaro Etebo, and forwards Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi, Moses Simon and Victor Osimhen on the roster.
The 21-year-old has signed a new four-year deal, which keeps him at Sparta until 2025.
Andre Zambo Anguissa caught goalkeeper Maduka Okoye napping with a ferocious grounder after latching on to William Ekong’s interception nine minutes before the break at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt.