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Hopes of any
home-based player yet to be invited to the Super Eagles camp making it
to the United States Invitational tournament was effectively ruled out
yesterday as the team’s coach Samson Siasia said there would be no new
players till after the tournament.

Siasia who recently
invited 12 new players, said he was content with the number of
home-based players presently in camp and would focus solely on them
till after the tournament in the United States.

“There is no more
time on our side. We have barely two weeks to round up our preparations
so I would focus on the players I have now,” he said.

At the resumed
training camp yesterday, only 14 players took part in the training
session which was handled mostly by Siasia and his assistant Simon
Kalika.

Those in training
include Sharks striker Victor Ezeji, as well as goalkeepers Rotimi
Sunday and Bassey Akpan. Others include Cletus Itodo, Wasiu Sowemimo
and Yinka Adedeji.

NEXT learnt that
the rest of the invited players were at the team’s Bolton White Hotel
base after returning from their respective club sides.

Meanwhile, the
Super Eagles will on Thursday take on the Flying Eagles in another
friendly match. The first time both teams engaged themselves last week
ended in a 2-2 draw.

Despite the result,
Siasia said he was impressed with the players’ output while hoping they
would improve on their performance in the upcoming game.

Siasia also said he
was impressed with the attitude of the players towards training, and
that none of the players is guaranteed a spot yet in the team ahead of
the tournament in the United States.

In a related
development, goalkeepers’ trainer, Ike Shorunmi has said there will be
no goalkeeping problems for the team as he believes the goalkeepers
called up for the tournament are more than capable of doing the country
proud.

“They are learning fast and I am happy with that,” said Shorunmi, a
former Super Eagles goalkeeper, before adding: “I can assure you
goalkeeping will not be a problem for us.”