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Sunday Oliseh to recall duo

John Obi Mikel
John Obi Mikel
Sunday Oliseh is set to recall a number of high profile Nigeria internationals for October friendlies
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John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses are set to be recalled to the Super Eagles squad for the October friendlies with Congo and Cameroon.

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Super Eagles coach Sunday, left out the duo from his team that played the 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Tanzania and the friendly with Niger Republic.

Oliseh has left out Mikel over his failure to feature regularly for his club, Chelsea, while Moses missed out due to injuries.

The duo has since returned to action since then and Oliseh has deemed them fit and ready for Super Eagles duties.

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Another Nigerian player who has caught the eye of Oliseh is Watford striker Jude Ighalo.

The striker scored the winner for Watford and is set to be back into the Super Eagles team.

According to the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick, two friendly games have been arranged for the Super Eagles for October.

The Super Eagles will play Congo in Belgium, Brussels on Thursday, October 8 and Cameroon three days later on Sunday, October 11.

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Pinnick also revealed that a friendly game with either Algeria or Tunisia is being arranged to prepare the Super Eagles for their 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt.

The friendlies will be another opportunity for Oliseh to tinker with his side in a bid to come-up with his best team.

Watch this video of Super Eagles, below:

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