The CHAN Eagles preparations for next month’s CHAN in East Africa has been hit with withdrawals and injury involving several call-ups.
Blueprint can report that the team which is in Ikenne, Ogun state with Super Eagles gaffer Eric Chelle had to contend with withdrawal of five players invited to the training camp .
The said players have joined legion of players plying their trade abroad and so will not be eligible for the tournament reserved for players who play in their respective domestic leagues.
The players are Abubakar Sadiq (Plateau United), Philip Adejo (Abia warriors), Isaac Saviour (Enugu Rangers), Papa Daniel (Niger Tornadoes) and Waliu Ojetoye (Ikorodu City).
Rangers central defender Ifeanyi Onyebuchi is not yet in camp due to injury, while goalkeeper Ebenezer Harcourt is away with the Flying Eagles at the WAFU B Cup in Ghana.
There are now 28 players in camp.