Former Tremendous Eagles midfielder, Sylvanus Okpala has backed head coach, Jose Peseiro on his selection of gamers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Peseiro launched his squad for the competitors final week.
The Portuguese has been criticised for leaving out the likes of Terem Moffi and Kelechi Nwakali.
The gaffer’s resolution to additionally embrace captain Ahmed Musa and vice-captain William Troost-EKong has additionally not been nicely obtained in some quarters.
Okpala, who was as soon as a former Tremendous Eagles assistant coach, has nevertheless supported Peseiro on his choice.
“I don’t prefer to query a coach’s number of gamers, It’s his discretion to choose whoever he needs to choose and omit whoever he needs to.” Okpala advised Brila FM.
“Each participant has totally different traits, so he has to choose primarily based on his technique, the formation he needs to play,
“And you recognize, that’s how he has to choose the participant. And that’s the reason I don’t prefer to query the number of coaches, who they’ve chosen or who they haven’t chosen. So I simply depart it to the coach.”