AFCON 2024: Orban, Balogun missing as Peseiro submits 40 man Super Eagles team

Nigeria head coach, Jose Peseiro has submitted his 40-man provisional list to CAF ahead of next year's Africa Cup of Nations with Gent forward, Gift Orban one of the biggest omissions.

The 21-year-old forward joins veteran defender, Leon Balogun and Super Eagles' first-choice goalkeeper at the last AFCON, Maduka Okoye as falling out of Nigeria's provisional squad.

According to ACL Sports, Kelechi Nwakali and Sporting Lagos goalkeeper, Christian Nwoke are surprise inclusions on Nigeria’s 40-man list as the former Golden Eaglets captain makes a return to the team since the last AFCON tournament.

Recent absentees from the Super Eagles - Ahmed Musa, William Troost-Ekong, Zaidu Sanusi, and Paul Onuachu - have all been named to the preliminary list, which will be reduced to 27 players on January 3, 2024.

Nigeria, bidding for a fourth AFCON title, will face Equatorial Guinea in their first group match of the 2023 edition on January 14, 2024, before further matches against Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea in Group A.

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