Wilfred Ndidi will captain the Flying Eagles for two warm-up games against Morocco this week, coach Manu Garba has announced.
“Wilfred was one of the assistant captains of the Golden Eaglets last year before he went on to join the Flying Eagles at the 2013 FIFA U20 World Cup in Turkey.
“He will captain the team for the matches in Morocco.”
The Flying Eagles battle their Moroccan counterparts on Wednesday and two days later.
Manu said his substantive captain will be Besiktas of Turkey defender Musa Muhammed, who led the country’s team to win a record 4th U-17 World Cup in Abu Dhabi in November, last year.
Muhammed was due in Nigeria by yesterday and he will join the other half of the squad left behind in Abuja.
Manchester City pair of Kelechi Iheanacho and Chidiebere Nwakali caught up with the Flying Eagles in Lagos at the weekend and they are expected to join up with the rest of squad in Abuja.
Meanwhile, the Flying Eagles have settled down quickly at the Wellness & Sports Center on the outskirts of Casablanca ahead of their two test games against their Moroccan counterparts.
It is a four-star facility with several well-kept football pitches, a standard swimming pool as well as basketball, handball and tennis courts.
The first match against their hosts will be on Wednesday by 4 pm in the capital city of Rabat, which is a 35 minute-drive from where the boys are camped.
Discussions are on-going where the second game will be played on Friday more so because the Morocco football federation polls will be conducted in the coming week.
