The Golden Eaglets on Thursday began their MRI age test for 50 players listed on a provisional squad for the U-17 World Cup in Brazil later this month.
Results of the age tests will be known by next week and it is been conducted by reputable hospital in Abuja
These tests have recently decimated the U-17 squad particularly the one that featured at the U17 AFCON in Tanzania in April.
Coach Manu Garba and his assistants have already announced 27 outfield players and three goalkeepers for a training camp in Sao Paulo.
In a candid assessment of his team, Manu disclosed that his wards are not ready for the next month FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Manu stirred the hornets nest when he said his present squad is not likely to deliver the diadem in Brazil.
Winner of the global championship in Dubai, UAE in 2013, Garba pointed out that the UEFA/CAF International Tournament in Turkey proved an ideal opportunity for him to appraise the team.
“The players we have at the moment, I doubt, cannot deliver for the country at the upcoming U-17 World Cup in Brazil,” Manu lamented
The three games we played gave the technical crew opportunity to assess the players and of course identify some errors in the team,” he said.
He pointed out that the Golden Eaglets’ 4-2 defeat to Senegal in the tournament was painful and avoidable.
“We were leading 2-1 before half time, but losing the game 4-2 in the second half was painful and of course avoidable,” he added
“The same (Senegalese) team travelled to France for another tournament before coming to play in the UEFA/CAF tournament in Turkey.
“The Senegalese prepared better than any other team. They had eight players that played in the All Africa Games and they were in France for another competition before coming to Turkey.
“We were not supposed to lose the game to them but for the errors we noticed in the team.
“We went to Turkey to assess all the players that went there, and to be candid those players cannot give us the desired results in the World Cup, he concluded.
The Golden Eaglets are due to fly out of the country next Tuesday.
