FIFA World Cup: Super Eagles Coach, Rohr Drops Junior Lokosa, Others From World Cup Squad

The Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, has reportedly dropped five players from his initial 30-man FIFA World Cup squad in Russia.



Super Eagles squad

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has dropped four players from his World Cup-bound squad, according to CompleteSports.com.

Dropped from the squad are; Standard Liege defender, Uche Agbo, Bulgaria-based Stephen Eze, Dele Ajiboye of Plateau United and Nigerian Professional Football League top scorer, Junior Lokosa.



Lokosa made his international debut for the three-time African champions in Monday’s friendly against DR Congo.

It was also gathered from a reliable source that Gent winger, Moses Simon will travel with the team to London for the proposed scan on his thigh injury.



Gernot Rohr and his team are sheduled to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) on Wednesday morning before they fly to London aboard a chartered aircraft for another pre-World Cup friendly against England’s Three Lions at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

After their game with England, the team will depart for Bad Tatzmannsdorf, a town in Austria, where they will spend eight days at the Avita Resort before flying to Russia.



They will play a final pre-World Cup friendly against the Czech Republic at the Rudolf Tonn Stadium on 6 June.