Osaze in, Ike Uche out of world cup list

AS Nigerians await the release of the 35-
man provisional World Cup list from coach
Stephen Keshi tomorrow, we can
authoritatively inform that all the players
who played at the Africa Cup of Nations
victory in South Africa in 2013 except Ike
Uche are included in the list.
Also, six home-based Eagles, Kunle
Odunlami(Sunshine), Chigozie Agbim
(Gombe United), Azubike Egwuekwe
(Warri Wolves), Dan Akepei(Warri
Wolves), Ejike Uzoenyi(Rangers of Enugu)
and Abdullahi Shehu(Kano Pillars) are the
lucky ones who would  join the foreign
legion for the Eagles’ friendly in London
against Scotland and their camping
exercise in USA.
A very competent source informed Sports
Vanguard that Stephen Keshi has an
impeccable belief in the team that won
the African Cup of Nations in South Africa.
‘’He thinks that those who won the
Nations Cup did so much and deserve to
go to the World Cup since you don’t
change a winning team’’, our source said.
One other lucky player whose name has
been included in Keshi’s list is German-
based Leon Balogun who is recovering
from injury. ‘’Surprisingly he made the
list’’, our source said of the player who
picked an injury in his debut for the
Eagles.
Another player who got listed in the
provisional list is Stoke City ‘bad boy’
Osaze Odemwingie whose last minute
apology to Keshi and the Nigeria Football
Federation did the magic for his inclusion.
‘’Osaze is in the list. The only person that
I did not see his name is Ike Uche. And
the officials of the NFF have done
everything to convince Keshi to include
the lad in the list. But keshi has his own
reasons. He said that for a player who do
not see him as a good coach cannot play
for him’’, our source said.
We also learnt that there would be one or
two names that would shock Nigerians in
the list. ‘’I think that it is a good list that
will do Nigeria proud in Brazil’’, our source
emphasised.