2026 World Cup Qualifiers:Nigerians React To Exclusion Of Cyriel Dessers From Éric Chelle’s 23-man Squad
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By Sportsgister
Super Eagles of Nigeria head coach Eric Chelle this afternoon released his 23-man Squad for the upcoming crunch world cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
One of the surprised absentees from the list is Rangers of Scotland forward Cyriel Dessers.
Dessers has scored 22 goals this season,only Osimhen has scored more goals than him this season
Nigerians have flooded social media to express their amazement to Dessers’ exclusion.
Some believed that the list has been manipulated while others were surprised that Sadiq Umar and Victor Boniface made the list.
Sam Umoh Ph.d wrote on X “Dressers is in better form than Boniface and Sadiq but the coach felt otherwise Hmm.
Prosper David said “Seriously I will rather go for Dressers instead of sodiq Umar. Anyway, the NFF knows better.
“NFF should stop this nonsense, this list should be on merit and performance based on forms,Ozaka wrote on X
Justin Bieber fan page wrote “Is this politics or football? Because this selection is looking suspect!
Monn Olodu wrote on Facebook “Wrong omission
“This guy could have replace Boniface, Boniface is Shiit when it come to Nigeria zero impact,Natt’y Awolo wrote on Facebook
Joey Korleone also wrote on Facebook “I think Desser deserve to be given the opportunity to prove himself considering his performance at club level and the inclusion of the likes of Victor Boniface and Sodiq Umar shows that there’s a political or Nff thing going on in the super eagles selection stuff,if not what would even Yusuf be doing there? Same team same same,abeg make them go waste money come back home
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