Siasia invites Oshobe, Alex Iwobi and 19 others for Gabon tie

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Bulgaria-based midfielder Oshobe Oladele and Arsenal's Alex Iwobi along with three other foreign-based professionals have been invited by Dream Team coach Samson Siasia ahead of the All African Games qualifier against Gabon on Saturday.

The Dream Team VI will leave Nigeria for Gabon on Wednesday evening via Ethopia Airlines.

Here's the full squad:

Goalkeepers: Daniel Emmanuel, Akande Abiodun

Defenders: Obanor Erhun, Okorom Stanley, Oduduwa Segun, Sani Faisal, Sincere Seth, Atanda Sodiq

Midfielders: Azubuike Okechukwu, Godwin Savior, Tiongoli Tonbara, Saliu Popoola, Oshobe Oladele, Mohammed Usman, Kingsley Sokari

Forwards: Etebo Oghenekaro, Olufemi Ajayi Junior, Peter Onyekachi,‎ Iwobi Alex, Paul Onuachu, Stanley Amuzie

Arsenal set to release Alex Iwobi on one condition

Arsenal football club have indicated that their U-21 captain Alex Iwobi will honour Nigeria's invitation for international duty with the Olympic Team as long as the needful is done.

Coach Samson Siasia included the Gunners youngster in his team list to help prosecute the All Africa Games encounter against Gabon next week.

''We are expecting correspondence from the Nigerian FA, and it’s also down to Alex Iwobi if he wants to play in that fixture,'' an Arsenal spokesman, Andrew Mancha, told SL10.ng.

''He would be released for the game if it goes through the proper channels.''

Iwobi has been on the books of Arsenal for the past ten years, and has represented England at Under 16 and Under 17 level.

Imoh Ezekiel, Arsenal Youngster Iwobi and seven other foreign pros get Dream Team call up

Al-Arabi of Qatar striker Imoh Ezekiel and other eight foreign-based professionals within the age bracket have been invited by Coach of the Dream Team Samson Siasia to help prosecute the all important CAF U-23 Championship qualifier against Gabon.

The Coach stressed the importance of the Gabon fixture and insisted every member of the 18 man-team to Libreville must earn their place as there will be no free ride for any of the players and that includes the Foreign based.

''For now we are expected to go to Gabon with 18 players, so only the best will make this team, there will be no automatic shirt for any body, as both the home based and their foreign counterparts will have to battle for the 18 slots'' Said Siasia as quoting footballlive.ng