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Newly
appointed Flying Eagles Captain, Ramon Azeez and forwards Stanley Okoro
and Kayode Olanrewaju are expected to join their team mates at the
Antalya, Turkey camp this morning.

Azeez, who replaced
dropped skipper Fortune Chukwudi, and Okoro flew to Lagos from Abuja on
Thursday evening, while Olanrewaju travelled from Ibadan for the
Turkish Air flight scheduled to depart the Murtala Muhammed Airport,
Ikeja at 2am on Friday.

“We’re really
looking forward to receiving the trio in camp. The spirit is high in
camp as the other players look forward to having them around”, said
Emmanuel Ikpeme, NFF’s Deputy General Secretary (Technical), who joined
the team in Turkey on Sunday.

With the departure
of Olanrewaju, Okoro and Azeez, Flying Eagles Head Coach Sam John Obuh
is expecting only one more player to join his team ahead of the African
Youth Championship, VVV Venlo of Holland’s Ahmed Musa.

Meanwhile, five
more friendly matches have been added to the Flying Eagles schedule
ahead of next month’s 17th African Youth Championship.

Officials at the
team’s Antalya, Turkey camp disclosed Thursday that the five-time
African champions have games lined up against two Ukrainian clubs and
one club from Kazakhstan, to be played in Antalya, and two against the
national U-20 teams of Egypt and Saudi Arabia in Dubai.

Following 1-1 draws
in two friendlies with the Libyan U-20 team, the Flying Eagles were
also forced to a 2-2 draw by a Turkish club in a friendly on Tuesday in
Antalya.

Their next game
comes up on Friday (February 25) against FC Poltova from the Ukrainian
first league. Next up will be a Ukrainian Super League team on Monday,
February 28, before their final knock-around session with FC Artau from
the Kazakhstan Super League on Thursday, March 3.

The Flying Eagles
will then play the Egyptian U-20 team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on
Friday, March 11 before their final warm-up tie with Saudi Arabia’s
U-20 team also in Dubai on Sunday, March 13.