Nigeria: Musa, Utaka Arrive Today for Argentina

30 May 2011

Two players of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa and Peter Utaka, have revealed that they will arrive in the country today ahead of the June 1 international friendly against Argentina.

Musa explained to SuperSport.com that he will be playing in the Dutch Eredivisie relegation playoffs final second leg for VVV-Venlo against FC Zwolle yesterday afternoon.

The 18-year-old winger revealed that he will leave Holland today to arrive in Nigeria in time for next Wednesday’s international friendly against the South Americans.

“I won’t be able to leave my club until Monday because we have a big game on Sunday that will determine whether we will stay in the premier division of football here (in Holland). So I will leave first thing on Monday and by God’s grace I will be in Nigeria by same day in the evening,” the Nigerian attacking winger said.

Utaka also revealed that he has made a booking to fly out of Denmark on Monday after his club’s Superliga game on Sunday.

OB Odense, Utaka’s team, confronts Lyngby in the Danish Superliga in the last round of games in that country’s topflight.

“I will play for my club on Sunday. So that will mean I will leave here on Monday and team up with my Nigerian teammates for the games against Argentina and Ethiopia,” he said.

After the international friendly against Argentina, the Super Eagles will head to Addis Ababa to face Ethiopia in a crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on June 5.

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