Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia has added Nyokobing of
Denmark forward Olajide Samuel Owolabi to the list of overseas-
based players expected to try out with the team ahead of the Rio
2016 Olympic Games.
Siasia has submitted a provisional list of 60 players to the Nigeria
Football Federation, but he is still adding new discoveries to the list,
as he aims to find the perfect squad to the Games.
Owolabi, 21, previously trained with the team ahead of the 2015 All
Africa Games and the U23 AFCON, but failed to make any of the
tournaments as his club failed to release him.
He also trained with Manu Garba’s U20 side before the 2015 FIFA
U20 World Cup in New Zealand, but suffered an injury which
knocked him out of the race for a place in the final squad.
The Dream Team which pulled out of the Toulon tournament in
France will be attending a four-nation tourney in Korea. The
tournament will feature some of the countries that will also be
using the event as part of their preparations for the Olympics.