Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro has declared that Ahmed Musa remains an integral part of the team at the ongoing 2023 AFCON.
Speaking ahead of the final with Cote d’Ivoire, Peseiro said they want Musa to lift the AFCON trophy.
He said: “Ahmed Musa is special and important to the team. He is my assistant, he advises me, he gives me the necessary support. He is committed in his role and can play. We shall wait and see tomorrow, but we want to win the AFCON for Musa to lift the trophy.”
Forty-eight hours before the match, Musa, who scored against Mali in a 4-1 win for Nigeria in the semi-finals in South Africa 11 years ago, and is Nigeria’s record goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup with four goals, was very relaxed in a brief chat at the team’s Pullman Hotel in the Plateau district of Cote d’Ivoire’s industrial and economic capital.
